Fine needle aspiration biopsy of hepatic leiomyosarcoma: An unusual epithelioid variant posing a potential diagnostic pitfall in a hepatocellular carcinoma-prevalent population

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 737-743

  Wee, Aileen ^a   Nilsson, Barbro ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Leiomyosarcoma epithelioid; Liver neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SCREENING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPITHELIOID CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 0031009280     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332696     Document Type: Article

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