Intraoperative cytodiagnosis of metastatic brain tumors confused clinically with brain abscess: A report of three cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 437-441

  Monabati, Ahmad ^a   Kumar, Perikala V ^a   Kamkarpour, Ahmad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Brain neoplasms; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034078970     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328494     Document Type: Article

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