PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Tribe, C. R. TI - Cytological diagnosis of breast tumours by the imprint method AID - 10.1136/jcp.18.1.31 DP - 1965 Jan 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 31--39 VI - 18 IP - 1 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/18/1/31.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/18/1/31.full SO - J Clin Pathol1965 Jan 01; 18 AB - Tumour imprints were made from 311 breast tumours at the time of frozen section. Rapid and permanent staining methods were employed and the accuracy of diagnosis was compared with that obtained from frozen and paraffin sections. Two false positives (0·65%) and 16 false negatives (5·15%) were found in the imprint group compared with no false positives and five false negatives (1·6%) in the frozen section group. The cytology of breast imprints is described and the false results are analysed. The possible uses of this technique, both alone and in combination with frozen sections, are discussed.