The role of fine-needle aspiration cytology and Ziehl Neelsen staining in the diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 826-829

  Kathuria, Paras ^a   Agarwal, Kiran ^a,b   Koranne, R V ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Saraswati Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cutaneous tuberculosis; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Ziehl Neelsen

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIOID CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LICHEN; LICHEN SCROFULOSORUM; LUPUS VULGARIS; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROFULODERMA; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; STAINING; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 33845466966     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20534     Document Type: Article

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