IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research
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IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research (ACHR) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2016 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing the article more...Original Article
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Volume : 4, Issue : 2, Year : 2019
Article Page : 116-117
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.achr.2019.021
Abstract
Introduction: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a cost effective and accurate method which plays an important role in pre-operative screening of various benign and malignant lesions in different organs. Various rapid stains are available which are used for rapid diagnosis on fine needle aspirates, but, most cyto-pathologists prefer stains which gives crisp cytological & nuclear features which can be achieved by 95% ethanol fixed PAP stain.
Aim: To assess the efficacy of MUFP stain in various tissue aspirates and to compare the results of MUFP stain with conventional PAP stain.
Materials and Methods: This prospective study was done by staining two slides with conventional PAP and MUFP stain which were assessed and scored.
Results: The Quality index of MUFP stain for lymph node, thyroid, breast salivary gland and soft tissue was 0.88, 0.87, 0.88, 0.86 respectively and Quality Index for PAP stain was 0.84, 0.75, 0.79, 0.90 and 0.92 respectively.
Conclusion: MUFP stain stained smears showed a clear background with crisp nuclear features as compared to conventional PAP stain. Thus MUFP stain can be considered as a rapid, reliable and can be used as a routine cytological stain on FNA smears with locally available reagents with unequivocal morphology.
Keywords: Fine needle aspiration, PAP stain, Modified ultrafast papanicolaoustain (MUFP).
How to cite : Varsha Shree R, Das S, Comparative evaluation of conventional papanicoloaustain (PAP) stain efficacy versus modified ultrafast papanicolou stain (MUFP) stain. IP Arch Cytol Histopathol Res 2019;4(2):116-117
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