Specimen fine-needle aspiration cytology of littoral cell angioma with histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-44

  Heese, Jason ^a   Bocklage, Thèrése ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Littoral cell angioma; Spleen

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HEMOSIDERIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME;

EID: 0033957336     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(200001)22:1<39::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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