Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma metastatic to the brain: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-238

  Girgis, Safwat ^a,b   Ramzy, Ibrahim ^a   Baer, Susan C ^a,c   Schwartz, Mary R ^a,d  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Saskatchewan Health Authority   (Canada)

^c Clinical Pathology Associates   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Brain neoplasms; Carcinoma, transitional cell; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032964651     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330984     Document Type: Article

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