Gastroscopic cytology and biopsies in diagnosis of gastric malignancies

Abstract

The outcome in gastric malignancy has changed in recent years owing to its early and accurate diagnosis employing fiber‐optic endoscopy and histocytology. One hundred and two subjects with endoscopic demonstration of various gastric lesions were subjected for brush cytology and multiple biopsies. Observing a high degree of specificity, the accuracy of brush cytology was 81% and histology 72% with cumulative diagnostic yield of 91%. There was no false‐positive report with cytology; histology, however, gave three false‐positive results. The present study thus confirms the high diagnostic accuracy of brush cytology combined with multiple biopsies in gastric malignancies. Copyright © 1983 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company