Differential diagnosis of adenoid cystic carcinoma from pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary gland on fine needle aspiration cytology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1246-1252

  Lee, Seung Sook ^a,b   Cho, Kyung Ja ^a,b   Jang, Ja June ^a   Ham, Eui Keun ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenoma, pleomorphic; Aspiration cytology; Carcinoma, adenoid cystic; Salivary gland neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER;

EID: 0030474860     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333988     Document Type: Article

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