Evaluation of applying feulgen stain for DNA analysis on destained hematoxylin-eosin-stained cytologic smears |
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Authors: | Chen Maohuai |
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Institution: | Department of Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, People's Republic of China. mhchen@stu.edu.cn |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility and reliability of DNA analysis performed on the original hematoxylin-eosin (HE)-stained cytologic specimens by destaining the slides and restaining with the Feulgen method. STUDY DESIGN: Image cytometric analysis of DNA ploidy status was performed in a comparative study on 20 cytologic preparations from 10 nasopharyngeal carcinomas. Ten smears were stained directly by the Feulgen method, and the others were Feulgen stained after HE destaining. RESULTS: There was 90% overall concordance in DNA determination and a good correlation (r = .97, P < .001) between the DNA indices determined by the 2 methods. Discordance was probably due to tumor heterogeneity. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that image cytometric DNA analysis on previously routinely HE-stained cytologic preparations is feasible and reliable. This method permits retrospective studies on archival cytologic material from patients with long term follow-up data. |
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