Number of patients | 83 | 66 | |
Age (median [range] years) | 52 [25–74] | 49 [12–75] | |
Male (%) | 43 (52) | 31 (47) | 0.62 |
Suspected malignancy (%) | 77 (93) | 56 (85) | 0.18 |
Sample volume (median [range]) (ml) | 4.19 [0.5–20] | 6.71 [0.5–20]) | 0.0003 |
Samples with >10ml (%) | 13 (16) | 26 (39) | 0.0014 |
Samples in formalin fixative <30 minutes (%) | 14 (17) | 49 (74) | 0.0001 |
CSF diagnosis of specific malignancy | 1 | 2 | 0.58 |
CSF suggestive of malignancy | 4 | 7 | 0.22 |
CSF diagnostic or suggestive of malignancy (%) | 5 (6) | 9 (14) | 0.16 |
CSF diagnostic or suggestive of malignancy, when malignancy suspected (%) | 5 (6) | 9 (16) | 0.089 |