Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Small Cell Variant of Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma: A Case Report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 254-258

  Kim, Sung Eun ^a   Kim, Se Hoon ^a   Lim, Beom Jin ^a   Hong, Soon Won ^a   Yang, Woo Ick ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Department of Pathology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma; Aspiration biopsy; Ki 1; Large cell; Lymphoma; Small cell variant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA;

EID: 1642318466     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326327     Document Type: Article

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