Diagnostic challenges in the fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of carotid body paragangliomas: Report of two cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 202-207

  Zaharopoulos, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical presentation; Carotid body paraganglioma; Cell block histology; Fine needle aspiration; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033836289     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0339(200009)23:3<202::AID-DC13>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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