Digital Image DNA Cytometry: A Useful Tool for the Evaluation of Malignancy in Biliary Strictures

M. C. Osterheld; S. Andrejevic Blant; L. Caron; R. Braunschweig; G. Dorta; H. Bouzourene; A. Mihaescu

doi:10.1155/2005/418029

Cellular Oncology (Jan 2005)

Digital Image DNA Cytometry: A Useful Tool for the Evaluation of Malignancy in Biliary Strictures

M. C. Osterheld,
S. Andrejevic Blant,
L. Caron,
R. Braunschweig,
G. Dorta,
H. Bouzourene,
A. Mihaescu

Affiliations

M. C. Osterheld: Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Bugnon 25, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
S. Andrejevic Blant: Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Bugnon 25, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
L. Caron: Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Bugnon 25, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
R. Braunschweig: Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Bugnon 25, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
G. Dorta: Service de gastroenterologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
H. Bouzourene: Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Bugnon 25, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
A. Mihaescu: Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Bugnon 25, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/418029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 4
pp. 255 – 260

Abstract

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Background: Cytologic evaluation of the biliary tract strictures is nowadays widely used for distinguishing between benign and malignant lesions but remains a challenge for some problematic cases. Digital Image cytometry (DNA-cytometry) helps cytopathologists to resolve some unclear situations.

Published in Cellular Oncology

ISSN: 1570-5870 (Print); 1875-8606 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens; Science: Biology (General): Cytology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2641

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