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  • Title: The application of visual cell profiles in the study of premalignant atypias in sputum.
    Author: Swank PR, Greenberg SD, Montalvo J, Hunter NR, Spjut HJ, Estrada R, Winkler DG, Taylor GR.
    Journal: Acta Cytol; 1985; 29(3):373-8. PubMed ID: 3859138.
    Abstract:
    Because the diagnosis of squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung by routine cytologic screening of sputum is often inconclusive, our laboratory is studying the use of cytomorphologic profiles as a reliable diagnostic aid. This study reports the analysis of the profiles of 75 subjects, both cigarette-smoking volunteers and hospitalized patients suspect for lung cancer. Twenty-five of the subjects had been classified as having squamous metaplasia, 25 as having atypias and 25 as having squamous-cell carcinoma. Four slides were made for each subject, with 100 random fields viewed on each slide. The frequency of free alveolar macrophages, metaplastic squamous cells, epithelial atypical cells and malignant squamous cells were noted for each field. The results indicated that, although there were large differences between individual profiles within each diagnostic category, there were significant differences between the average profiles for each diagnostic category. Furthermore, although there were differences in cell frequencies from slide to slide and within slides, the differences were constant across diagnostic categories. The results are supportive of the progressive-atypia hypothesis for squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung and provide a baseline for comparison with subsequent individual profiles.
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