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. 1989 Dec;113(12):1354-6.

The impact of fine-needle aspiration biopsy on a diagnostic electron microscopy laboratory

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  • PMID: 2589946

The impact of fine-needle aspiration biopsy on a diagnostic electron microscopy laboratory

P Strausbauch et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1989 Dec.

Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed the number and types of diagnostic electron microscopic specimens from a 4 1/2-year period. During this period, the number of fine-needle aspirate biopsy specimens processed increased in a linear fashion, from a relatively uncommon occurrence to the current level of activity, in which fine-needle aspiration specimens now represent 40% to 50% of the nonrenal diagnostic material examined by electron microscopy. This study documents the increasing importance of fine-needle aspirate-type specimens in the everyday operation of a diagnostic electron microscopy facility.

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