Preoperative diagnosis of a mediastinal granular cell tumor by EUS-FNA: A case report and review of the literature

CytoJournal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bean, Sarah M ^a   Eloubeidi, Mohamad A ^b   Eltoum, Isam A ^a   Cerfolio, Robert J ^c   Jhala, Darshana N ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; GRANULAR CELL; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 27244435655     PISSN: 17426413     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6413-2-8     Document Type: Article

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