Caseous, necrotic material and epithelioid cell granulomas in synovial fluid from a patient with tuberculous infection: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 597-598

  Siddaraju, Neelaiah ^a   Bundele, Manish Mahadevrao ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Caseous material; Epithelioid cells; Granulomas; Synovial fluid; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLI (CLASS);

EID: 34547102984     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325805     Document Type: Article

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