Cytologic features of extragonadal germ cell tumors: A study of 88 cases with aspiration cytology

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 504-511

  Gupta, Ruchika ^a   Mathur, Sandeep R ^a   Arora, Vinod K ^a   Sharma, Shree G ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Embryonal carcinoma; Extragonadal; Germ cell tumor; Seminoma; Teratoma; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA; YOLK SAC TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMINOMA; TERATOMA;

EID: 59849106818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23983     Document Type: Article

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