Fine needle cytology of endometriosis: Experience with 10 cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 495-499

  Fulciniti, Franco ^a,c   Caleo, Alessia ^a   Lepore, Maria ^a   Fortunato, Adriana ^a   Vetrani, Antonio ^a,b   Palombini, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Cytopathology Service   (Italy)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Endometriosis; Fine needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 7; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS BIOPSY;

EID: 24944442540     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326194     Document Type: Article

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