A rare case of pulmonary cryptococcal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 447-451

  Kushner, Yael B ^a   Brimo, Fadi ^a   Schwartzman, Kevin ^b   Auger, Manon ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Cytopathology Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cytology; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor; Lung

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 8; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLASTOMA; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY CRYTOCOCCAL INFLAMMATORY MYOFIBROBLASTIC TUMOR; RARE DISEASE; SARCOMA; TRANSTHORACIC BIOPSY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952838092     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21259     Document Type: Article

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