Collagenous crystalloids in a fine needle aspirate of a pleomorphic adenoma of the minor salivary gland. A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 751-753

  Sugihara, Keiko ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Shimizu, Michio ^b   Manabe, Toshiaki ^b   Kanahara, Takuo ^b  

^a Department of Pathology   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenoma, pleornorphic; Aspiration biopsy; Collagenous crystalloids; Salivary gland neoplasms

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR;

EID: 0031801455     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331839     Document Type: Article

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