Pelvic Washing Cytology in Serous Borderline Tumors of the Ovary Using ThinPrep®: Are There Cytologic Clues to Detecting Tumor Cells?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 313-319

  Sadeghi, Saha ^a,b   Ylagan, Lourdes R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Omental implants; Pelvic washing; Psamomma bodies; Serous borderline tumor (SBT); ThinPrep

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTADENOMA; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MESOTHELIUM CELL; OMENTUM; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSAMMOMA BODY; REVIEW; SEROUS BORDERLINE TUMOR; UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; PELVIS;

EID: 2342470167     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20032     Document Type: Review

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