Fine-needle aspiration of rheumatoid nodule: A case report with review of diagnostic features and difficulties

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 322-324

  Kalugina, Yelena ^a   Petruzzelli, Guy J ^a   Wojcik, Eva M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Rheumatoid nodule; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; RHEUMATOID NODULE;

EID: 0037974756     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10295     Document Type: Article

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