Fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of carotid body tumor: Report of a case and review of experience with cytologic features in four cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-147

  Das, Dilip K ^a   Gupta, Ajay K ^c   Chowdhury, Veena ^b   Satsangi, Deepak K ^c   Tyagi, Sanjay ^c   Mohan, Jagdish C ^c   Khan, Vijay A ^a   Malhotra, Veena ^c  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^c G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Carotid angiogram; Carotid body tumors; Chemodectoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHEMODECTOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030745063     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199708)17:2<143::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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