Natural killer cell lymphoma in cytology: Breaking all the rules - A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-11

  Wright, Colleen A ^a   Cooper, Kum ^a   Leiman, Gladwyn ^a   Davidge Pitts, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CD 56; Fine needle aspirate; Lymphoma; Natural killer cell lymphoma; T natural killer cells; Testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031843712     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199807)19:1<9::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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