Cytomorphology of yolk sac tumor of the liver in fine-needle aspiration: A pediatric case

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 421-423

  Gilbert, Kemery L ^a   Bergman, Simon ^a   Dodd, Leslie G ^b   Volmar, Keith E ^c   Creager, Andrew J ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetoprotein; Aspiration cytology; Liver; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SMEAR; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646768566     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20447     Document Type: Article

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