Cytologically low grade malignancies: An important interpretative pitfall responsible for false negative diagnoses in fine-needle aspiration of the breast

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 250-259

  Layfield, Lester J ^a   Dodd, Leslie G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytology; False negative diagnosis; FNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS;

EID: 0029804823     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199609)15:3<250::AID-DC15>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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