Mimics of pilomatrixomas in fine-needle aspirates

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-83

  Sánchez, Carlos Sánchez ^b   Bascuñana, Alberto Giménez ^b   Pastor Quirante, Francisco A ^b   Montalbán Romero, M Socorro ^b   Fernández, Joaquín Campos ^b   Pérez, Joaquín Sola ^b   Parra, Diego Martínez ^b   Pérez Guillermo, Miguel ^a  

^a Allergy Section   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cutaneous metastasis; Epidermal cyst; Fine needle aspiration; Lymphoma; Parotid gland tumor; Pilomatrixoma; Small round cell tumor; Squamous cell carcinoma; Trichilemmal cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BASAL CELL; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NUCLEOLUS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NODULE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOMATRIXOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030038854     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199602)14:1<75::AID-DC16>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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