Oncocytic carcinoid tumor of the lung: A case report of diagnostic pitfall in filter membrane preparation of bronchial washings

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 907-910

  Arora, Raman ^a,b   Mathur, Sandeep R ^a,b   Aron, Manju ^a,b   Verma, Kusum ^a   Iyer, Venkateswaran K ^a,b   Arora, Vinod K ^a,b   Sharma, Meher C ^a,b  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Oncocytic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOBECTOMY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

EID: 36348934458     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325868     Document Type: Article

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