Pseudoactinomycotic radiate granules of the gynaecological tract: Review of a diagnostic pitfall

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-20

  Pritt, B ^a   Mount, S L ^a   Cooper, K ^a   Blaszyk, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ACTINOMYCOTIC GRANULE; BASOPHIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NOCARDIA; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOACTINOMYCOTIC GRANULE; REVIEW; STAINING;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 30444445438     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.028977     Document Type: Review

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