Cytomorphology of a solitary left chest wall mass: An unusual presentation from unknown primary hepatocellular carcinoma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 586-589

  Khalbuss, Walid E ^a,c   Bajestani, Saeed ^b   D'Agostino, Harry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall mass; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Metastases; Occult carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 34548810915     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20459     Document Type: Article

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