Chylothorax as a possible diagnostic pitfall: A report of 2 cases with cytologic findings

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 441-444

  Kren, Leos ^a   Rotterova, Pavla ^a   Hermanova, Marketa ^a   Krenova, Zdenka ^a   Sterba, Jaroslav ^a   Dvorak, Karel ^a   Goncharuk, Viktor ^b   Wilner, George D ^b   McKenna, Barbara J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Immunophenotyping; Thoracic diseases

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHYLOTHORAX; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 22444436485     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326181     Document Type: Article

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