Fine needle cytology of palpable head and neck lesions: A comparison of sampling methods with and without suction

Cytopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-106

  Allen, S M ^a   Boon, A P ^a   Brownridge, D M ^a   Chadwick, C H ^a   Buckley, J G ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FNA; Lymph node; Salivary gland; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTAMINATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE; SUCTION; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY GLANDS; SUCTION;

EID: 0032895041     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1999.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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