Intraoperative imprint cytology for evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes from merkel cell carcinoma

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 615-619

  Wong, S Lindsey ^a   Young, Yorke D ^a   Geisinger, Kim R ^a   Shen, Perry ^a   Stewart, John H ^a   Sangueza, Omar ^a   Pichardo Geisinger, Rita ^a   Levine, Edward A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE IMPRINT CYTOLOGY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 67651160496     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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