Fine needle aspiration cytologic diagnosis of toxoplasma lymphadenitis: A case report with detection of a toxoplasma bradycyst in a Papanicolaou-stained smear

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-303

  Pathan, Shahed K ^a   Francis, Issam M ^b   Das, Dilip K ^b   Mallik, Mrinmay K ^a   Sheikh, Zafar A ^a   Hira, Parsotam R ^b  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Lymphadenitis; Papanicolaou smear; Toxoplasma gondii infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; IMMUNOLOGY; LIPOMA; LYMPH NODE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SHOULDER; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYSTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOMA; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHADENITIS; SHOULDER; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0038284254     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326520     Document Type: Article

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