Pancreatic metastasis of cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma diagnosed by fine needle aspiration: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 447-451

  Khalbuss, Walid E ^a   Gherson, Janine ^a   Zaman, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Heart neoplasms; Metastasis; Pancreatic neoplasms; Rhabdomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS SCINTISCANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 0032938168     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331098     Document Type: Article

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