Carcinoid Tumors of the Lung: A Diagnostic Challenge in Bronchial Washings

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-66

  Aron, Manju ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a   Verma, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bronchial washings; Pitfalls; Pulmonary carcinoids

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOID TUMOR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346731162     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10318     Document Type: Review

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