Squash cytology of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma mimicking glioblastoma: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 652-658

  Kobayashi, Shoji ^a   Hirakawa, Eiichiro ^a   Haba, Reiji ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Glioblastoma; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Squash preparations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032865468     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331161     Document Type: Article

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