Utility of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of recurrent pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 458-461

  Ackley, Christopher D ^a   Heineman, Laura ^a   Dodd, Leslie G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Lung transplant; Lymphangioleiomyornatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031762685     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199812)19:6<458::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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