Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma to the mandible masquerading as a parotid gland mass: A potential pitfall in the diagnosis by fine needle aspiration biopsy [3]

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 674-676

  Al Abbadi, Mousa A ^a,b   Han, Liying ^b   Bhan, Raj ^b   Zak, Imad ^b   Husain, Mujtaba ^b   Feng, Jining ^b   Vella, Sandra ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MANDIBLE CANCER; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34948901435     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20709     Document Type: Letter

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