False-positive interpretations in respiratory cytopathology: Exemplary cases and literature review

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Policarpio Nicolas, Maria Luisa C ^a   Wick, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

False positive results; Respiratory cytology

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORACOCENTESIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38349008912     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20734     Document Type: Article

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