Fine-needle aspiration cytology of 'ancient' schwannoma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 307-311

  Dodd, Leslie G ^a   Marom, Edith M ^a   Dash, Rajesh C ^a   Matthews, Mark R ^a   McLendon, Roger E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative change; Fine needle aspiration; Neural tumors; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; NEURILEMMOMA;

EID: 0032964745     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199905)20:5<307::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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