Cytology of pilomatrixoma (calcifying epithelioma of malherbe) in fine needle aspirates

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 771-777

  Domanski, Henryk A ^a,b,c   Domanski, Anna M ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Central Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Pilomatrixoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR;

EID: 0030990003     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332702     Document Type: Article

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