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Contemporary art of cell-block preparation: Overview.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tri-Modal Cytology Excellence: Improving Body Fluid Diagnostic Performance.Iranian journal of pathology · 2026Article
- AMPK Pathway Activation Markers in GBM: Expression Patterns and Clinical Associations in a Real-World Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Detecting FR-⍺ Expression Level in Cytology Effusion Specimens From Ovarian Cancer and Comparing It With Tissue Specimens.Diagnostic cytopathology · 2026Article
- Role of cell-free DNA technology in assisting paraffin-embedded cytology for the pathological diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Destaining hematoxylin and eosin stains and restaining for immunohistochemistry has diagnostic value for cytology samples.CytoJournal · 2026Article
- Alginate encapsulated cell blocks improve diagnostic consistency and long term specimen integrity in routine pathological diagnostics and cancer research.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Comparative Study of Sodium Alginate and Plasma Thrombin Cell Block in Diagnostic Cytopathology.Cureus · 2024Article
- Enhancing diagnostic precision in thyroid nodule assessment: evaluating the efficacy of a novel cell preservation technique in fine-needle aspiration cytology.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Cell blocks (CBs) are paraffin-embedded versions of cytology specimens. These versions are contrasted with tissues made from surgical pathology specimens of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue. CBs enable various elective ancillary studies of a range of specimens. These studies include the potential to perform molecular tests with the enhanced cytopathological interpretation. CBs are increasingly reported in cytology specimens. The enhanced role of CBs incorporates additives with new markers for immunohistochemistry (IHC), including the multicolored approach to IHC, and the subtractive coordinate immunoreactivity pattern. Even when archived material is retrospectively retrieved, CBs are a major tissue source for many supplementary studies. The CBs have been qualitatively and quantitatively improved. CBs are significant since they have increased molecular markers standardized on FFPE tissue. High-quality CBs can serve as useful additions to cytological smear preparations and touch imprint cytology. Most cytological specimens, such as fine-needle aspirations, cavitary effusion, washings, brushings, and gynecological and non-gynecological liquid specimens, may be used to produce CBs. This review deals with the CB-making process and discusses various historical limitations with an emphasis on recent advances.
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