Fine needle aspiration of toxoplasmic (Piringer-Kuchinka) lymphadenitis: A cytohistologic correlation study

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-143

  Viguer, José M ^a   Jiménez Heffernan, José A ^b   López Ferrer, Pilar ^a   González Peramato, Pilar ^b   Vicandi, Blanca ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GUADALAJARA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Fine needle; Lymphadenitis; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIOID CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 15244344276     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326121     Document Type: Review

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