Disseminated histoplasmosis with reactive hemophagocytosis: Aspiration cytology findings in two cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 422-424

  Kumar, Neeta ^a,b   Jain, Shyama ^a   Singh, Zeba N ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b 178 Haus Khas Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cytology; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0033746357     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0339(200012)23:6<422::AID-DC13>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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