Distinguishing carcinoid tumor of the mediastinum from thymoma: Correlating cytologic features and performance in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Nongynecologic Cytopathology

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1612-1615

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Haja, Jennifer C ^b   Neal, Margaret H ^c   Wilbur, David C ^d  

^a BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b North Carolina   (United States)

^c KWB Pathology Associates   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON PROGRAM IN NONGYNECOLOGIC CYTOPATHOLOGY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERFORMANCE; SPINDLE CELL; THYMOMA;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHROMATIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750577490     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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