Fine needle aspiration biopsy of a small round cell tumor exhibiting both neural and myogenic differentiation: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1320-1324

  Ravinsky, Esther ^a,b,c,d   Safneck, Janice R ^a,b,c,d   Quinonez, Guillermo ^a,b,c,d   Yazdi, Hossein M ^a,b,c,d  

^a Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Cell differentiation; Neuroectodermal tumors; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Small round cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 0030799672     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333528     Document Type: Article

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