Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma localized in the mediastinum: Diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 298-302

  Prieto Rodríguez, Mireya ^a   Camañas Sanz, Alicia ^a   Bas, Teresa ^a   Cortés, Blas ^a   Vera Sempere, Francisco José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carney's complex; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOLUTION; HEART MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MELANINS; NEURILEMMOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031660418     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199810)19:4<298::AID-DC15>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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