Cytomorphologic Features of a Polymorphous Low Grade Adenocarcinoma of the Palate: A Report of 2 Cases with Immunocytochemistry

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1127-1130

  Kawahara, Akihiko ^a,b   Harada, Hiroshi ^a   Yokoyama, Toshiro ^a,b   Kage, Masayoshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Immunocytochemistry; Imprint cytology; Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma; Salivary gland cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; JAW CANCER; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PALATE; PALATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0345327572     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326663     Document Type: Article

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