Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology of tuberculous lymphadenitis: Demonstration of acid-fast bacilli

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-65

  Songur Y ^a   Songur N ^a   Ciris M ^a   Sahin U ^a   Ozturk O ^a   Karahan, N ^a   Akkaya, A ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 74049123499     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2009.00697.x     Document Type: Letter

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