Respiratory cytology: Differential diagnosis and pitfalls

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 297-307

  Saad, Reda S ^a   Silverman, Jan F ^b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial washing; FNA; Pitfalls; Respiratory cytology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; PROTEIN P63; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BASAL CELL; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LARGE CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFARCTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 77949343507     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21205     Document Type: Review

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