The clinical application of cerebrospinal fluid cytological examination / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Cerebrospinal fluid contains various types of cells,and in disease state,the appearance, disappearance and quantity of these cells will change significantly, the cell composition and morphology characteristic of cerebrospinal fluid have great clinical relevance.morphological observation and classification of cerebrospinal fluid provide accurate diagnosis, differential diagnosis, clinical observation and prognosis evaluation.for Central Nervous System(CNS)diseases,Especially for CNS infection and metastasis diseases,it is almost impossible to diagnose without reference to cerebrospinal fluid cytology.Therefore, cerebrospinal fluid cytology is simple, fast and effective, and its uniqueness, accuracy and determination cannot be replaced by simple cell classification.