Fine-needle aspiration of neurilemoma (schwannoma). A clinicocytopathologic study of 116 patients

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 403-412

  Domanski, Henryk A ^a   Åkerman, Måns ^a   Engellau, Jacob ^a   Gustafson, Pelle ^a   Mertens, Fredrik ^a   Rydholm, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancient neurilemoma; Fine needle aspiration; Nerve sheath neoplasm; Neurilemoma; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SARCOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646818948     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20449     Document Type: Article

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