Diagnostic pitfalls in fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the mediastinum

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-126

  Singh, Harsharan K ^a   Silverman, Jan F ^a   Powers, Celeste N ^b   Geisinger, Kim R ^c   Frable, William J ^d  

^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

Diagnostic pitfalls; FNA cytology; Germ cell neoplasm; Lymphoma; Mediastinum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030857599     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199708)17:2<121::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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