Aspiration biopsy cytomorphology of primary pulmonary germ cell tumor metastatic to the brain

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 715-719

  Arabi, Haitham ^a   Shah, Mahendra ^b   Saleh, Husain ^a,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Chroriocarcinoma; Fine needle aspiration; Germ cell tumor; Lung; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL;

EID: 70349323324     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21089     Document Type: Article

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