Can cytological features differentiate reactive renal tubular cells from low-grade urothelial carcinoma cells?

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 326-333

  Ohsaki, H ^a   Hirakawa, E ^a   Kushida, Y ^b   Yokoshita, S ^c   Nakamura, M ^c   Kiyomoto, H ^d   Haba, R ^b  

^a KAGAWA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^d KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cytomorphology; reactive renal tubular cells; renal disease; urine cytology; urothelial carcinoma; vimentin reactivity

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINE CYTOLOGY;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TUBULES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956321952     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2009.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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