TSUZUKI Shunsuke
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types Original article
Language Japanese
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Rapid pathological diagnosis and decision making of brain tumor using intraoperative fl ow cytometry
Domestic / ForeginDomestic
Volume, Issue, Page pp.15-21
Publication date 2021/07
Summary Flow cytometry is a measuring device frequently used in basic research, in our facility, we have developed a fully automatic fl ow cytometer device that performs cell isolation, staining of cell nuclei, and measurement, and is using it for intraoperative diagnosis. Placing a small specimen in a reagent containing PI calculates, the total number of cells, the DNA histogram, and the Malignancy Index (MI), which means in the proliferation phase, the ratio of the number of cells (S, G2, M) / total number of cells. High MI reveals the appearance of DNA aneuploidy and an increase in cells in the proliferative phase. The major feature of this device is that calculating takes only within 10minutes by specializing in DNA amount analysis and thoroughly reviewing the process. Therefore, we can evaluate the malignancy of tumors in a short time. This report introduces our previous study of this device, stump diagnosis, WHO grading, prognosis in glioma, and differentiation from primary central nervous system lymphoma, then how to use it in decision making in the operation.Intraoperative flow cytometry has enabled various intraoperative decision-making support by converting rapid intraoperative diagnosis, which was an analog-like transmission, into digitized histological information. In the future, the development of this research makes expectations for more accurate diagnosis and prediction by artifi cial intelligence and the development of other departments.
DOI 10.18947/cytometryresearch.31.1_15
Document No. 2021333942