Cytomorphological evaluation of a small round blue cell tumour of the head and neck

Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-199

  Sharma, A ^a   Rana, D N ^a   Desai, M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; KERATIN-20; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250620392     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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