A case report of anthracosilicotic spindle-cell pseudotumor of mediastinal lymph node: Cytologic diagnosis by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 268-272

  Varghese, Linda R ^a,d   Stanley, Michael W ^b   Wakely Jr , Paul E ^c   Lucido, Mary Lynne ^a   Mallery, Shawn ^a   Bardales, Ricardo H ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Allina Hospitals & Clinics   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MMC 609 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracosis; Cytology; Endoscopic ultrasound; Fine needle aspiration; Lymph node; Mediastinum; Pseudotumor; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED SPINDLE CELL TUMOR; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOTUMOR; SILICOSIS; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SPINDLE CELL MELANOMA;

AGED; ANTHRACOSILICOSIS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 25444443621     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20356     Document Type: Article

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