Bilateral carotid body tumor: The role of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the preoperative diagnosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 178-180

  Rosa, Marilin ^a   Sahoo, Sunati ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Paraganglioma

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CHROMOGRANINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 39749108133     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20775     Document Type: Article

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