Spindle-cell thymic carcinoid occurring in multiple endocrine neoplasia I: Fine-needle aspiration findings in a case

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 439-441

  Dusenbery, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Cytodiagnosis; Needle biopsy; Neuroendocrine neoplasms; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKERATIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SPINDLE CELL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOID TUMOR; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030461237     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199612)15:5<439::AID-DC17>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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