Basal cell carcinoma metastatic to the salivary glands: Differential diagnosis in fine-needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-252

  Stanley, Michael W ^a   Horwitz, Charles A ^c   Bardales, Ricardo H ^b   Stern, Scott J ^a   Korourian, Shohelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

basal cell carcinoma; carcinoma; cytology; fine needle aspiration; parotid; salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TISSUE NECROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031006596     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199703)16:3<247::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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