Primary vascular neoplasms unique to the spleen: Littoral cell angioma and splenic hamartoma diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration biopsy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 137-142

  Ramdall, Risha B ^a   Alasio, Teresa M ^a   Cai, Guoping ^a   Yang, Grace C H ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compact cell block; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Hamartoma; Littoral cell angioma; Spleen; Vascular neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847611076     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20568     Document Type: Article

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