Cytologic diagnosis of pulmonary adenocarcinoma with micropapillary pattern: Does it correlate with the histologic findings?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Rudomina, Dorota E ^a   Lin, Oscar ^a   Moreira, Andre L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Lung; Micropapillary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 66349097014     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21011     Document Type: Article

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