Fine-needle aspiration of cystic pancreatic mucinous tumor: Oncotic cell as an aiding diagnostic feature in paucicellular specimens

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-116

  Xiao, Guang Qian ^a,b  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic pancreatic mucinous tumor; Fine needle aspiration; Oncotic cells; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC PANCREAS MUCINOUS TUMOR; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; TUMOR CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, CYSTIC, MUCINOUS, AND SEROUS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 59449110808     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20953     Document Type: Article

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