Fine needle aspiration cytology of pilomatrixoma and differential diagnoses

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683-688

  Dubb, Michelle ^a   Michelow, Pamela ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe; Pilomatrixoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BASAL CELL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PILOMATRIXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 73949144727     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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