Non-diagnostic Smears in Aspiration Cytology of Palpable Breast Lumps

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-167

  Kumarasinghe, M P ^a,b   Constantine, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b NONE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Discohesion; Interpretative; Low cellularity; Technical

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOLUS; PAPILLOMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCLEROSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; COLORING AGENTS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PAPILLOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLEROSIS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032016151     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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