Cystic adult ovarian granulosa cell tumor as a potential source of false negative diagnosis in ovarian cytology: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 869-872

  Martínez Onsurbe, Pilar ^a   Ruiz Villaespesa, Antonio ^a   González Estecha, Almudena ^a   Valenzuela Ruiz, Pedro Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cystic adult granulosa cell tumor; Granulosa cell tumor; Ovarian neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0036738320     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327061     Document Type: Article

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