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Cerebrospinal fluid cytology

Practical clinical usefulness

Section of Pediatric Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.

Sedimentation cytomorphology is a simple, inexpensive technique of collecting cells from cerebrospinal fluid and is of great clinical value. Important variables such as blood contamination, age of the patient, and general clinical condition must be considered. Specific conditions for which cerebrospinal fluid cytomorphology shows clinical usefulness include central nervous system leukemia, hemorrhage, immunopathies, infections, and brain tumors. Clinical examples of each of these conditions and their correlated cytograms are presented.

This study was supported in part by General Research Grants MCG 5-S01-RR05365–12 and 5-S01-RR05365–11.

Received for publication August 26, 1974.

Dr. Dyken's address is Section of Pediatric Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30902.

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