Preoperative diagnosis of clear cell "sugar" tumor of the lung by computed tomography-guided fine-needle biopsy and core-needle biopsy

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-426

  Edelweiss, Marcia ^a   Gupta, Nilesh ^a   Resetkova, Erika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cell "sugar" tumor; Computed tomography guided core needle biopsy; Fine needle aspiration; Lung neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY;

BACK INJURIES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIOID CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36049027729     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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