Nodular pulmonary amyloidosis with an unusual protein composition diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 286-289

  Yang, Michael C ^a   Blutreich, Ahna ^b   Das, Kasturi ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidoma; Amyloidosis; Aspiration biopsy; Fine needle aspiration; Lung

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT CHAIN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; NODULAR PULMONARY AMYLOIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

EID: 65349166756     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21023     Document Type: Article

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