Cytopathological diagnosis of adult retinoblastoma in a vitrectomy specimen

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-64

  Orellana, Maria E ^a   Brimo, Fadi ^b   Auger, Manon ^b   Galic, John ^b   Deschenes, Jean ^b   Burnier, Miguel N ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Intraocular tumor; Retinoblastoma; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN; CORNEA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ENUCLEATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOBLASTOMA; SLIT LAMP; TUMOR CELL; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RETINOBLASTOMA; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149115390     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21135     Document Type: Article

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