Cytology of metastatic renal medullary carcinoma in pleural effusion: A study of two cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 843-848

  Ellis, Carla L ^a   Burroughs, Frances ^a   Michael, Claire W ^b   Qing, Kay Li ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Metastatic renal medullary carcinoma; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LESION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 70350341502     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21111     Document Type: Article

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