Abstract | OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical value of acridine orange fluorescent staining in urinary cytology for the diagnosis of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A retrospective analysis was conducted with 510 cases of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) in terms of the results of acridine orange fluorescence (AO-F) staining of the exfoliated cells in urine. The percentage of positive AO-F result and the positive predictive value of AO-F for high-grade and muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma were calculated and analyzed in terms of clinical characteristics. RESULTS: The overall percentage of positive AO-F result was 49% in the 510 patients, 54.1% for males and 40.6% for females. AO-F was positive in 51.9% of the patients with hematuria and 36.2% of the patients without hematuria. AO-F was positive in 56.4% of the patients with renal pelvis carcinoma and 42.8% of the patients with ureteral cancer; in 44.6% of the patients with non-muscle invasive carcinoma and 53.5% of the patients with muscle-invasive carcinoma. AO-F was positive in 26.8% of the cases with low-grade carcinoma and 55.3% of the patients with high-grade carcinoma. The positive predictive value of AO-F was 88% for high-grade cancer, and only 53.6% for muscle invasive carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS:
Acridine orange fluorescence microscopy cannot increase the sensitivity of urine exfoliative cytology in the diagnosis of UTUC. It may be used as a predictor of high-grade UTUC. Acridine orange fluorescence microscopy in urinary cytodiagnosis does not show high value in predicting muscle invasive UTUC.
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Authors | Jing Li, Zhihong Zhang, Jin Wang, Changwen Zhang, Haibo Li, Yong Xu |
Journal | International journal of clinical and experimental pathology
(Int J Clin Exp Pathol)
Vol. 7
Issue 2
Pg. 774-8
( 2014)
ISSN: 1936-2625 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24551302
(Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Acridine Orange
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Topics |
- Acridine Orange
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma
(complications, diagnosis, pathology, urine)
- Cytodiagnosis
(methods)
- Female
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Hematuria
(etiology)
- Humans
- Male
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Grading
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Retrospective Studies
- Urine
(cytology)
- Urologic Neoplasms
(complications, diagnosis, pathology, urine)
- Urothelium
(pathology)
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