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  • Title: [The detection of mast cells in the bronchoalveolar contents in lung diseases].
    Author: Gerasin VA, Palamarchuk GF, Kizela AP.
    Journal: Ter Arkh; 1989; 61(12):60-2. PubMed ID: 2629149.
    Abstract:
    Detection of mast cells in the liquid of bronchoalveolar lavage is made with the aid of staining with alcyane blue after fixation of the cytologic preparations in vapors of 40% formalin. In healthy persons, the content of mast cells in bronchial lavage constitutes 0.4-0.1%, in the majority of patients with bronchial asthma, 0.06-3.3%, and in some patients with sarcoidosis, 0.04-1.07%.
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