Presence of nuclear grooves in the cytology of malignant melanoma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 309-312

  Rollins, Susan D ^a   Berardo, Melora D ^a  

^a Outpatient Cytopathology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Extrathyroid lesions; Melanoma; Nuclear grooves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031688712     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199810)19:4<309::AID-DC18>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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