Chondroid chordoma: Fine-needle aspiration cytology with histopathological, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of two cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-339

  Moriki, Toshiaki ^a   Takahashi, Tamotsu ^a   Wada, Masayo ^a   Ueda, Shousuke ^a   Ichien, Miho ^a   Miyazaki, Eriko ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chondroid chordoma; Electron microscopy; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CHONDROMA; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLIVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032693456     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199911)21:5<335::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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