Apocrine (cutaneous) sweat gland carcinoma of axilla with signet ring cells: A diagnostic dilemma on fine-needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 739-741

  Pai, Radha R ^a   Kini, Jyoti R ^a   Achar, Chandrayya ^a   Rau, Aarathi ^a   Kini, Hema ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Apocrine sweat gland carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Metastatic adenocarcinoma; Signet ring cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APOCRINE CARCINOMA; APOCRINE GLAND; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AXILLARY MASS; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SKIN GLAND; SWEAT GLAND CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEAT GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53049097435     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20889     Document Type: Article

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