Comparison of fine needle aspiration cytology with excision biopsy of breast lump

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 211-214

  Hussain, Mirza Tassawar ^a  

^a Federal Government Services Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast lump; Carcinoma breast; Fine needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTHETICS; EXCISION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEEDLE; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGIST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WARD; SYRINGE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 18744414543     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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