Fine-needle aspiration of soft tissue leiomyosarcoma: An analysis of the most common cytologic findings and the value of ancillary techniques

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 597-604

  Domanski, Henryk A ^a   Åkerman, Måns ^a   Rissler, Pehr ^a   Gustafson, Pelle ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancillary studies; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Histology; Leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NEURILEMOMA; OSTEOCLAST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748033721     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20499     Document Type: Review

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