Cyst fluid cytology and chemical features in a case of lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas: A rare and difficult preoperative diagnosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 328-330

  Centeno, Barbara A ^a   Stockwell, James W ^b   Lewandrowski, Kent B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Digestive Disease Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyst fluid analysis; Lymphoepithelial cyst; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYST FLUID; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATINIZATION; MALE; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS RESECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; VISCOSITY;

AMYLASES; CYST FLUID; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC CYST; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032693645     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199911)21:5<328::AID-DC6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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