Description
CSF cytological investigations are carried in patients with a variety of neurological disorders including infectious, inflammatory and neoplastic disease processes. In infectious and inflammatory diseases he cytology findings are moreoften interpreted oge her with microbiology and neurochemistry investigations on CSF. The major diagnostic role of CSF cytology is in he identification of tumours involving he CNS, either primary, secondary or recurrent tumours. This article aims o discuss he cytological features of such neoplasms, heir distinction from normal cell constituents and reactive cellular processes in he CSF and how o minimize false negative results.
