Subcutaneous metastasis of peritoneal mesothelioma diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 247-250

  Pappa, Lina ^a   Machera, Melpomeni ^a   Tsanou, Eleni ^a   Damala, Constantina ^a   Peschos, Dimitrios ^a   Bafa, Maria ^a   Malamou Mitsi, Vassiliki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cytology; FNA; Mesothelioma; Metastatic nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; METASTASIS; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33847082113     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893422     Document Type: Article

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