Cell Block Preparation in Urine Cytology: Examination of Utility and Workflow in an Academic Practice
ConclusionThese data show that routinely preparing cell blocks for urine samples did not improve our laboratory’s specimen adequacy rate. However, cell block preparation on urine samples did help lower the proportion of atypical diagnoses, when routinely or selectively prepared. Since preparation of cell blocks on all urine cases can be costly and only provides minimal added clinical benefit, our recommendation is to rather judiciously utilize cell blocks when screening urine cytology samples.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology - Category: Cytology Source Type: research