Bile duct brushings cytology: Potential pitfalls in diagnosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 358-363

  Kocjan, Gabrijela ^a   Smith, Ann Nisbet ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bile duct cytology; bile duct neoplasms diagnosis; biliary tract diagnosis; cholangiocarcinoma cytology; cholangiopancreatography; endoscopic retrograde; pancreas diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031003766     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199704)16:4<358::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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