Crystals of alveolar soft part sarcoma in a fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology smear: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 904-908

  Machhi, Jinobya ^a   Kouzova, Margarita ^a   Komorowski, Daniel J ^a   Asma, Zeenath ^a   Chivukala, Mamatha ^a   Basir, Zainab ^a   Shidham, Vinod B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar soft part; Aspiration biopsy; Crystalloids; Crystals; Sarcoma; Soft tissue neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALVEOLAR SOFT PART SARCOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLOID; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG MUSCLE; MORPHOMETRICS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0036738339     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327068     Document Type: Article

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