In search of specimen adequacy in fine-needle aspirates of nonpalpable breast lesions

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-18

  Rubenchik, Illana ^a   Sneige, Nour ^a   Edeiken, Beth ^a   Samuels, Barry ^b   Fornage, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration of breast; FNA specimen adequacy; Nonpalpable breast lesions; Ultrasonographic guided aspiration of breast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST LESION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030923343     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/108.1.13     Document Type: Article

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