Cytologic diagnosis of a melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy occurring in the cranial bones

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 280-283

  Rege, Jyoti D ^a,b   Shet, Tanuja ^a   Sawant, H V ^a   Naik, L P ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Govt Colony ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cytology; Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor; Skull bones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL TUMOR; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR, MELANOTIC; SKULL;

EID: 0032878811     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199910)21:4<280::AID-DC10>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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