Diagnostic significance of 'benign pairs' and signet ring cells in fine needle aspirates (FNAS) of the breast

Cytopathology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 308-319

  Sturgis, C D ^a   Sethi, S ^a   Cajulis, R S ^a   Hidvegi, D F ^a   Yu, G H ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Benign pairs; Breast carcinoma; Cytology; Fibroadenoma; Fine needle aspiration; Myoepithelial cells; Signet ring cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUOLES;

EID: 0031691384     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1998.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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