Significance of incidental detection of filariasis on aspiration smears: A case series

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 517-520

  Gupta, Sampada ^a   Gupta, Ruchika ^a,b   Bansal, Bhawna ^a   Singh, Sompal ^a   Gupta, Kusum ^a   Kudesia, Madhur ^a  

^a HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration cytology; Breast; Filariasis; Incidental diagnosis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BONE MARROW; BREAST; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 77954394160     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21264     Document Type: Article

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