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ArticleJournal of laboratory physicians

Evaluation of diagnostic utility of imprint cytology in paediatric renal tumours with special references to Ki 67 proliferative marker.

Namrata Maity, Chhanda Das, Madhumita Mukhopadhyay, Tamanna Parvin, Ashis Kumar Saha, Biswanath Mukhopadhyay

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Namrata MaityDepartment of Pathology, IPGME and R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Chhanda DasDepartment of Pathology, IPGME and R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Madhumita MukhopadhyayDepartment of Pathology, IPGME and R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Tamanna ParvinDepartment of Pathology, IPGME and R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Ashis Kumar SahaDepartment of Surgery, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Biswanath MukhopadhyayDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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backgroundPediatric renal neoplasms comprise about 7%-8% of all neoplasms in children. Wilms tumour (WT) is the most common among pediatric renal tumours. AIMS AND

objectivesThe study was undertaken to study the epidemiological occurrence of pediatric renal tumours in a tertiary care hospital and to ascertain the validity and reliability of touch smear imprint cytology in intraoperative diagnosis of renal tumours and correlate with subsequent histopathological diagnosis and to assess the expression of proliferation marker Ki-67 in different components and stages of WT. MATERIALS AND

methodsIt was a single-institution-based prospective and observational study, conducted for 2 years (from October 2013 to September 2015) in the department of pathology at our hospital. A total of fifty cases were enrolled in this study, all were below 15 years of age.

resultsImprint cytology showed sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic accuracy of 83%, 98%, and 95.74%, respectively, in diagnosing benign and malignant renal tumours. There was statistically significant correlation of imprint cytology with confirmatory histopathological examination of excision specimen (

conclusionImprint cytology is found to be a less expensive, simple, and rapid method, which can be used as an adjunct to histopathology. Correlation between proliferation index as measured with Ki-67 antibody and tumour stage was found. Ki-67 is thus a relevant marker for assessing the proliferative activity.

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Imprint cytologykidney tumourproliferative index

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