Citologia De Mama ((new)) -

É o método mais comum. O médico insere uma agulha fina (similar à usada para tirar sangue) diretamente no nódulo.

| | Fixation | Advantages | Best for | |-----------|--------------|----------------|---------------| | Diff-Quik (Romanowsky) | Air-dried | Rapid (30 sec), good for background (mucin, necrosis) | On-site adequacy, lymphoid lesions | | Papanicolaou (Pap) | 95% ethanol | Excellent nuclear detail, chromatin pattern | Carcinoma classification | | May-Grünwald-Giemsa (MGG) | Air-dried | Good for cytoplasmic granules, extracellular matrix | Myoepithelial cells, mucinous lesions | citologia de mama