Fine needle aspiration cytology of clear cell "sugar" tumor (PEComa) of the lung: Report of a case

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-93

  Policarpio Nicolas, Maria Luisa ^a   Cpvell, Jamie ^a   Bregman, Shelli ^b   Atkins, Kristen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CROUSE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Lung; PEComa, clear cell "sugar"; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; EPITHELIOID CELLS; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE AND SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 38549127672     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20647     Document Type: Article

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