This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

J. Michael Gospe, MD
Seattle

James W. Brown, MD
San Diego, Calif

Lee S. Monroe, MD
La Jolla, Calif

JAMA. 1968;205(12):884.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

To the Editor:—

Several reviews have described methods for obtaining esophageal scrapings important for cytologic evaluation.^1-3 At the time of esophagoscopy a simple and safe method yields abundant cells for cytology and often tissue for cell-block histologic examination.

Methods:—

The necessary equipment consists of a standard esophagoscope, a small rubber-tipped lumen finder, a rubber band, several glass slides, Papanicolaou fixative, and a thumb forceps. The rubber band is twisted back and forth about the tip of the lumen finder, the square edges of the band providing a cutting surface which is incapable of deep penetration (Figure). The esophagoscope is passed to a point proximal to the suspicious area. The lumen finder with the rubber band is then passed through the esophagoscope into the site in question. Several gentle toand-fro movements with the lumen finder will result in the adherence of surface scrapings to the rubber band. After withdrawal of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?