Differential diagnostic features of small cell carcinoma in the uterine cervix

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 618-623

  Min, Jung Kim ^a   Na, Rae Kim ^a   Hyun, Yee Cho ^a   Soon, Pyo Lee ^a   Seung, Yeon Ha ^a,b  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Lung Tissue Bank ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cervical smear; Cervix; Cytology; Neuroendocrine; Papanicolaou smear; Small cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX UTERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 50849087700     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20875     Document Type: Article

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