Cytologic aspect of fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma in fine- needle aspirates

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 180-187

  Pérez Guillermo, Miguel ^a,d   Masgrau, Nuria Alberti ^b   García Solano, José ^a   Sola Pérez, Joaquín ^c   De Agustín Y De Agustín, Pedro ^b  

^a Allergy Section   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^d Dept of Pathology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Focal nodular hyperplasia; Hepatocellular adenoma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345465937     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199909)21:3<180::aid-dc7>3.3.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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