Fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of head and neck lesions: A review and discussion of problems in differential diagnosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 798-805

  Layfield, Lester J ^a  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

FNA; Head and neck; Lymph node; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCHONDROMA; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX INJURY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MOUTH LESION; NECK CYST; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SKULL INJURY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES;

EID: 37049027123     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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