Diagnostic difficulties in the interpretation of fine needle aspirate samples in salivary lesions: Diagnostic pitfalls revisited

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-70

  Daneshbod, Yahya ^a   Daneshbod, Khosrow ^a   Khademi, Bijan ^b  

^a Dr Daneshbod Pathology Laboratory Tehran   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology, fine needle; Salivary gland; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMELOBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST PAPILLOMA; CARCINOMA; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; MIXED TUMOR; MYOEPITHELIOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST; ONCOCYTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PILOMATRIXOMA; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUBERCULOSIS; WARTHIN TUMOR;

EID: 59849123325     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325085     Document Type: Article

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