High cellular atypia in a pulmonary tumorlet: Report of a case with cytologic findings

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 242-246

  Satoh, Yukitoshi ^b   Fujiyama, Junzo ^a   Ueno, Mayumi ^a   Ishikawa, Yuichi ^a  

^a Japan Anti tuberculosis Association   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Atypia; Pulmonary neoplasms; Pulmonary tumorlet

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY TUMORLET; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 0034066919     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326368     Document Type: Article

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