Cytomorphologic patterns in papillary cystic variant of acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary gland

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-392

  Shet, Tanuja ^a,b   Ghodke, Ratnaprabha ^a   Kane, Shubda ^a   Chinoy, Roshni ^a,b  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Pathology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Acinic cell carcinoma; Papillary variant of acinic cell carcinoma; Salivary gland cancer

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA;

EID: 33746553349     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325978     Document Type: Article

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