Ciliated cell adenocarcinoma of the endometrium diagnosed by endometrial brush cytology and confirmed by hysterectomy: A case report detailing a highly efficient cytology collection and processing technique

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-82

  Maksem, John A ^a  

^a Mercy Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ciliation; ciliogenesis; endometrium; epithelium

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY;

EID: 0031054256     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199701)16:1<78::AID-DC17>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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