Pleural mesothelioma: An unusual case diagnosed on pleural fluid cytology and immunocytochemistry

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 509-512

  Arora, Vinod K ^a,b   Aggarwal, Seema ^b   Mathur, Sandeep ^a   Rath, G K ^c   Julka, P K ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Immunochemistry; Mesothelioma; Neck swelling; Pleural fluid cytology

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67650272634     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21063     Document Type: Article

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