Cardiac angiosarcoma: Report of a case diagnosed by echocardiographic- guided fine-needle aspiration

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 164-166

  Bhalla, Ritu ^a   Nassar, Aziza ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cytology; FNA; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33847685856     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20532     Document Type: Article

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