Fine-needle aspiration cytologic diagnosis of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 74-77

  Zaharopoulos, Paul ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid bodies; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Lymphocutaneous form; Splendore Hoeppli phenomenon; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

EID: 0032935449     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199902)20:2<74::AID-DC6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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