Cellular schwannoma: Report of a case diagnosed intraoperatively with the aid of cytologic imprints

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-100

  Laforga, Juan B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MARINA ALTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytology; Immunohistochemistry; Neural tumors; Schwannoma; Soft tissue neoplasm

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR SCHWANNOMA; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; METHODOLOGY; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SARCOMA; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0041736523     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10314     Document Type: Article

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