Fine-needle aspiration biopsy and intraoperative cytologic smear findings in a case of benign mesothelial-cell inclusions involving a lymph node: Case report and review of the literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-166

  Paull, Gerson ^a,b   Mosunjac, Marina ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Lymph node; Mesothelial cell inclusions; Metastatic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MESOTHELIOMA; MESOTHELIUM CELL; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCLUSION BODIES; KERATIN-7; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0042316935     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10325     Document Type: Article

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