Tumor verification

Verification is confirmationof diagnosis. This is a condition for starting oncological treatment (only very rarely can purely palliative therapy be indicated).

Exfoliative cytology

• detection of tumor cells in body cavities or on the surface;
• Doctors obtain them by direct swab (eg on the cervix), or after mechanical irritation, lavage or examination of sediment in the effusion.

Aspiration cytology

• FNA - fine needle aspiration - using specially designed thin needles;
• For aspiration doctors indicate - nodes, suspicious outgrowings
• possibility of sonograph assisted aspiration
• negative result of cytology cannot be considered final!

Biopsy examination

• perioperatively, endoscopically, percutaneously
• obtaining a sufficient amount of tissue for histological examination;

Trepanobiopsy

• examination of bone marrow taken from a hip bone;
• informs doctors on the state of hematopoiesis, better reveals lymphoma infiltration than sternal puncture.

Links

Related articles

• Endoscope
• Classification of tumors

Used literature

•  VOKURKA, Martin a Jan HUGO, et al. Velký lékařský slovník. 9. vydání. Praha : Maxdorf, c2009. ISBN 978-80-7345-202-5.

Source

• BENEŠ, Jiří. Studijní materiály [online]. [cit. 31. 3. 2010]. <http://jirben.wz.cz>.