[Role of cytologic examination of smears in vulvovaginal candidiasis].

Cytological examination allows one to reveal various forms of the fungus vegetation in the host, the fungus-epitheliocyte interaction to evaluate morphological state of the epithelium. The method in combination with clinical symptoms allows one to establish a differential diagnosis of genital candidiasis in 87.8% cases and to have an opinion of the disease prognosis.

[Clinico-laboratory diagnosis of chronic candidiasis of the external genital organs in women].

Major clinical characteristics of various forms of recurrent chronic external genital candidiasis in females and remission thereof are considered. Cytologic findings in vaginal smears are reported, as are the results of Candida albicans culture in vaginal discharge of patients with acute and subacute recurrences and those with remissions. Cytologic investigation is shown to be very valuable and capable of differentiating between various forms of the pathology when used in combination with the cultures.

[Morphological diagnosis of early cancer of the lung].

The evidence obtained at histologic study of 18 operative specimens from the middle lung involved by early cancer was compared to that obtained at cytological evaluation of the sputum, catheterization and bronchoscopy material. Combined cytologic investigation of the cells resulted in tumor identification in 15 cases, whereas bronchoscopic biopsy was efficient in only 5. The study of the tumor-adjacent bronchi revealed epithelial transformation which can be considered dysplastic.

[Nucleic factor in the ascitic fluid in human ovarian tumors].

Previously, there was found a low molecular weight 5S DNA in ascitic fluid of rats and mice with experimental tumors. This report shows the presence of the nucleic factor in ascitic fluid of ovarian tumor patients, its electrophoretic mobility methylene blue staining and the affinity to hydroxyapatite being similar to that in animals. Whereas in patients with persistant ascitis of a nontumor origin such factor was not detected.