Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of ectopic cervical spindle-cell thymoma: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 358-362

  Gerhard, Renê ^a   Kanashiro, Elza Hissako ^a   Kliemann, Claudia Mangoni ^a   Juliano, Adriana Gonçalves ^a   Chammas, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ectopic cervical thymoma; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC CERVICAL SPINDLE CELL THYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; THYMOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 19544367612     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20258     Document Type: Review

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