Histoplasmosis: Cytodiagnosis and review of literature with special emphasis on differential diagnosis on cytomorphology

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 240-244

  Gupta, N ^a   Arora, S K ^a   Rajwanshi, A ^a   Nijhawan, R ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

cytodiagnosis; fine needle aspiration cytology; histoplasmosis; lung; lymphadenopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954401154     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2009.00693.x     Document Type: Review

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