Spindle-cell lesions of the mediastinum: Diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-176

  Slagel, Daniel D ^a   Powers, Celeste N ^b   Melaragno, Mark J ^b   Geisinger, Kim R ^c   Frable, William J ^d   Silverman, Jan F ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytopathology; Fine needle aspiration; Lymphoma; Mediastinum; Sarcoma; Soft tissue; Spindle cells; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; MEDIASTINUM; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; NEURILEMMOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030765004     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199709)17:3<167::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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