Metastatic pulmonary artery sarcoma: Report of a case with diagnosis by fine needle aspiration

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 968-972

  Medalie, Neil S ^a,b   Vallejo, Christine E ^c   Wasserman, Patricia ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Associated Pathologists Laboratories   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Neoplasm metastasis; Pulmonary artery; Sarcoma; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ARTERY SARCOMA; LUNG RESECTION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031847066     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331978     Document Type: Article

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