Fine-needle aspiration cytology of metastatic small cell carcinoma of the colon: A report of three cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-59

  Silverman, Jan F ^a   Baird, D Bruce ^b   Teot, Lisa A ^b   Cappellari, James O ^b   Geisinger, Kim R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Large intestine; Rectum; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCAPULA; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CECAL NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 0029947967     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199607)15:1<54::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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