Lymphoepithelial cyst with crystalloid formation: Cytologic features of two cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 277-280

  López Ríos, Fernando ^a   Ballestín, Claudio ^a   Martínez González, Miguel Angel ^a   Serrano, Rosario ^a   De Agustín, Pedro P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Crystalloid formation; Lymphoepithelial cysts; Parotid gland neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRYSTALLOID; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIALOADENITIS;

EID: 17144458841     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330993     Document Type: Article

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