Partial expectoration of a typical carcinoid: Report of a case with diagnosis on sputum cytology

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 581-583

  Córdoba, Alicia ^a   De Llano, Pedro ^a   Arrechea, Ma Asunción ^a   Beloqui, Raquel ^a   Gómez, María Luisa ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Spontaneous partial expectoration; Sputum; Typical carcinoid

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 33749019100     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326021     Document Type: Article

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