Stereotactic biopsy and cytological diagnosis of solid and cystic intracranial lesions

Cytopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-135

  Collaco L M ^b   Tani, E ^a   Lindblom, I ^a   Skoog, Lambert ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Central nervous system; Cytology; Intracranial lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN CYST; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SOLID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYSTS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0038346689     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.2003.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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