Neuritic Hansen's disease: An unusual presentation and a diagnostic challenge on fine-needle aspirate

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 198-200

  Deshpande, Vikram ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a   Singh, Manoj K ^a   Verma, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

FNA; Globi; Neuritic Hansen's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPROSY; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NECK; NERVE FIBERS; NEURITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031853186     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199809)19:3<198::AID-DC9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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