Lymphoma, leukemia, and pleiocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid: Is accurate cytopathologic diagnosis possible based on morphology alone?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 820-824

  Wu, Julie M ^a   Georgy, Matthew F ^a   Burroughs, Frances H ^a   Weir, Edward G ^a   Rosenthal, Dorothy L ^a   Ali, Syed Z ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF; Cytopathology; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Pleiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MORPHOLOGY; MYELITIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350346911     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21110     Document Type: Article

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