Metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma in pericardial effusion: Report of four cases, two with cardiac tamponade

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 422-424

  Hoda, Rana S ^a,b   Cangiarella, Joan ^a,c   Koss, Leopold G ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tamponade; Effusion cytology; Metastatic carcinoma; Pericardial effusion; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0031818097     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199806)18:6<422::AID-DC7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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