Fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of head and neck masses: Accuracy and diagnostic problems

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 653-659

  Tatomirovic, Zeljka ^a   Skuletic, V ^a   Bokun, R ^a   Trimcev, J ^a   Radic, O ^a   Cerovic, S ^a   Strbac, M ^a   Zolotarevski, L ^a   Tukic, Lj ^a   Stamatovic, D ^a   Tarabar, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cytodiagnosis; Fine needle aspiration; Head and neck masses; Histology

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHADENITIS; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75149116294     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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