Fine needle aspiration (FNA) of testicular germ cell tumours; a 10-year experience in a community hospital

Cytopathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 248-262

  Garcia Solano J ^a   Sanchez Sanchez C ^a   Montalban Romero S ^a   Sola Perez J ^b   Perez Guillermo M ^a  

^a Allergy Section   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical management; Diagnostic delay; FNA accuracy; Germ cell tumours; Testes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TERATOCARCINOMA; TESTIS TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, EMBRYONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINOMA; TERATOCARCINOMA; TERATOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031950505     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1998.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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