Solid glomus tumor presenting as an axillary mass

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 555-562

  Holck, Suzanne ^a,b   Bredesen, Jesper L ^a,b  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Surgery   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Glomus tumor

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GLOMUS TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029997079     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333915     Document Type: Article

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