Background: Quick diagnosis of Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) plays an important role in efficient medical practice. Ultrafast Papanicolaou stain was introduced, which is a hybrid of Romanowsky and PAP stain. This method reduce reduces the staining time to 90 seconds because of the use of fixative like alcoholic formalin andalso enhances staining the quality.
Aims and objectives: To assess the quality of MUFP stain and to find the advantages over routine stains used in cytology.
Materials and methods: This study was included100 cases of FNA from thyroid, breast, and lymph node lesions. Minimum 3 smears made and stained with routine Pap, MGG and MUFP stain. All smears were compared in 6 parameters and Quality index is calculated.
Results: MUFP is a excellent staining method for studying FNA material from all three organs like thyroid breast and lymph node lesions.
Conclusion: MUFP staining is quick, reliable and can be done with easily available reagents and is very useful in countries like India.
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2022: 6.012
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