Tigroid background in fine-needle aspiration cytology of clear cell sarcoma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 355-357

  Rau, Aarathi R ^a   Kini, Hema ^a   Verghese, Rebecca ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Clear cell sarcoma; FNAC; Tigroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PAIN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SYMPTOM; TOE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR CELL;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTOPLASM; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; SARCOMA, CLEAR CELL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646455926     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20368     Document Type: Article

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