Monophasic Synovial Sarcoma: A Cytologic Spectrum

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-23

  Ewing, C Alexander ^a,b   Zakowski, Maureen F ^a   Lin, Oscar ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Monophasic; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0347361573     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10413     Document Type: Article

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