Difficulties in the fine needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis of schwannoma

Cytopathology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 186-194

  Yu, Gordon H ^a   Sack, M J ^a   Baloch, Z ^a   Gupta, P K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033062349     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1999.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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