Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy: Pitfalls in the diagnosis of spindle‐cell lesions

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 232-240

  Powers, Celeste N ^a,b,c   Berardo, Melora D ^a,b,c   Frable, William J ^a,b,c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Sarcoma; Soft tissue; Spindle cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTIOCYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0028298125     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.2840100309     Document Type: Article

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