Diagnostic pitfalls of peritoneal washing cytology and the role of cell blocks in their diagnosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 335-341

  Selvaggi, Suzanne M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen balls; Endometriosis; Endosalpingiosis; Mesothelial hyperplasia; Peritoneal washing cytology

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; HEMOSIDERIN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; HLA B72.3 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN BALL; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOSALPINGIOSIS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MESOTHELIUM CELL HYPERPLASIA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONEUM WASHING CYTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0038651113     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10290     Document Type: Article

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