Malignant biphasic pleural mesothelioma metastatic to the liver diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-36

  Cimbaluk, David ^a   Kasuganti, Deepa ^a   Kluskens, Larry ^a   Reddy, Vijaya ^a   Gattuso, Paolo ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Liver; Mesothelioma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30344460562     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20367     Document Type: Article

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