The advantages and limitations of the role of core needle and fine needle aspiration biopsy of lymph nodes in the modern era: Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas and metastatic disease

Pathology Case Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-26

  Volmar, Keith E ^a,c   Singh, Harsharan K ^a   Gong, Jerald Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Women's and Children's Hospitals ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ancillary techniques; Fine needle; Flow cytometry; Lymph node; Lymphoma; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMA; MACROPHAGE; MEDIASTINUM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; THORAX;

EID: 33846106284     PISSN: 10829784     EISSN: 15334015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pcr.0000252857.12872.52     Document Type: Review

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