PMID: 374622Jan 1, 1979Paper

Quantitative cytology of the positive region in flow sorted vaginal smears

The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry : Official Journal of the Histochemistry Society
K Goerttler, M Stöhr

Abstract

Fifty-one gynecologic specimens were collected from three women's hospitals and mailed in a prefixed status to our laboratory. The specimens were classified into a negative, a suspicious, a postradiation, and a positive group. After single cell dispersion the samples were stained for DNA and protein, analyzed, and sorted in the dual laser equipped Heidelberg flow analyzer sorter (HEIFAS). Particles with elevated DNA values (beyond 3.5 ploidy) and with intermediate protein values were sorted as the positive fraction directly on microscopic slides. After restaining according to Papanicolaou, they were re-evaluated cytologically and identified as tumor cells, dysplastic cells and false alarms. The latter consist of doublets and aggregates of more than two cells, binucleated cells, sperm aggregates and epithelial cells contaminated with bacteria. The different groups showed significant differences regarding the total rate of aggregates to single cells. In general, false alarms were very frequent in the positive region and impeded the statistical classification of the sample. The reduction of false alarms is a prerequisite for prescreening with flow instrumentation.

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