Anthracotic and anthracosilicotic spindle cell pseudotumors of mediastinal lymph nodes: Report of five cases of a reactive lesion that simulates malignancy

Human Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 851-855

  Argani, Pedram ^a   Ghossein, Ronald ^a   Rosai, Juan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracosis; Pseudotumor; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PSEUDOTUMOR; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 0031879565     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(98)90456-7     Document Type: Article

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