Role of fine-needle aspiration cytology in the preoperative evaluation of smooth muscle tumors

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 326-330

  Barbazza, Renzo ^a   Chiarelli, Silvia ^b   Quintarelli, Gian Franco ^b   Manconi, Riccardo ^b  

^a Italy   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration cytology; smooth muscle neoplasms cytopathology; uterine smooth muscle tumors diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; UTERUS CANCER;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031003764     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199704)16:4<326::AID-DC4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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