Utility of the thromboplastin-plasma cell-block technique for fine-needle aspiration and serous effusions

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-90

  Kulkarni, Manisha B ^a   Desai, Sangeeta B ^a   Ajit, Dulhan ^a   Chinoy, R F ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cell block technique; FNAC; Serous effusions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLASMA CELL; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SYRINGE; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOPLASTIN PLASMA CELL BLOCK TECHNIQUE;

ASCITIC FLUID; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL SEPARATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THROMBOPLASTIN; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 59449085718     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20963     Document Type: Article

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