Cytologic features of metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 340-342

  Mohanty, Sambit K ^a   Dey, Pranab ^a,b   Ghoshal, Sushmita ^a   Saikia, Uma Nahar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Sector 24A ^*  (India)

Author keywords

FNAC; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA; CLASSIFICATION; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036894642     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10197     Document Type: Article

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