Accuracy of cytological grading of spindle-cell sarcomas

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Mathur, Sandeep ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a   Verma, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Grade; Sarcoma; Soft tissue; Spindle cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; NECROSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROFIBROSARCOMA; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043239214     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10328     Document Type: Article

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