DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i01.012

Pages: 41-42

Aims & objective: To assess the efficiency of intraoperative crush cytology and its correlation with histopathological diagnosis. Methods: The patient was investigated by various radiological & lab tests and operated. Intraoperative crush cytology smear was prepared, stained by rapid H& E method & later correlated with the histopathological diagnosis of the biopsy received. Result: The intraoperative cytological diagnosis was the same as the histopathological diagnosis including the grade of the tumor. Conclusion: Crush cytology is the only possible way for rapid & reliable diagnosis of intra- cranial space occupying lesions as FNAC cannot be performed in the cranial cavity. It has a high accuracy rate & avoids the freezing artifacts of the frozen section