Langerhans cell histiocytosis in lymph nodes cytomorphologic diagnosis and pitfalls

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 327-332

  Kakkar, Sunita ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a   Verma, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Histiocytosis; Langerhans cell; Langerhans cells; Lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALIGNANT HISTIOCYTOSIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS HISTIOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0035012505     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327626     Document Type: Article

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