Fine-needle aspiration cytology of a mediastinal seminoma associated with multilocular thymic cyst

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 224-228

  Silverman, Jan F ^a   Olson, Peter R ^a   Dabbs, David J ^a   Landreneau, Rodney ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FNA cytology; Mediastinum; Seminoma; Thymic cyst

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; THYMUS CYST;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; SEMINOMA;

EID: 0032952508     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199904)20:4<224::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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