Diagnostic pitfalls in fine needle aspiration of solitary pulmonary nodules: Two cases with radio-cyto-histological correlation

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Torkian, Bahman ^a   Kanthan, Rani ^a   Burbridge, Brent ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE LUNG LOBE SYNDROME; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 2642526983     PISSN: 14712466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-3-2     Document Type: Article

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