Diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus in an elderly male by pericardial fluid cytology: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 346-348

  Fazio, John ^a   Friedman, Henry D ^b   Swerdlow, Joby ^a   Michiel, Robert R ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

LE cells; Pericardial effusion; Pericardial tamponade; Pleural effusion; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tart cells

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DYSPNEA; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALAISE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AGED; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION;

EID: 0031960558     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199805)18:5<346::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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