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The poor man's cell block
  1. Frederick Mayall1,
  2. Ann Darlington2
  1. 1Department of Histopathology, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
  1. Correspondence to Dr F G Mayall, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton TA1 5DA, UK; mayallf{at}wave.co.nz

Abstract

The authors describe a simple method for making formalin or isopropyl alcohol vapour fixed cell blocks from fine needle aspiration cytology specimens that we refer to as ‘The Poor Man's Cell Block.’

  • FNA
  • fine needle aspiration
  • cytology
  • cell block
  • immunohistochemistry
  • cytopathology
  • immunocytochemistry

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https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.2010.078410

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    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.