Hyaline globules in renal cell carcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma: A clue or a diagnostic pitfall on fine-needle aspiration?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 576-582

  Nayar, Ritu ^a,b   Bourtsos, Eleni ^a,c   DeFrias, Denise V S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Hepatocellurar carcinoma; Hyaline globules; Primary neoplastic site; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

HYALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALIN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0034424820     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/F4TU-6AFE-R7NU-39Y3     Document Type: Article

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