Case study documenting the diagnosis of idiopathic CD4+ Lymphocytopenia in a patient with atypical fungal infection (disseminated blastomycosis) by FNA of adrenal mass

CytoJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Siderits, Richard ^a   Ouattara, Osman ^b   Marcus, Alan ^c   Gao, Hong ^b   Deng, Hong ^b   Godyn, Janusz ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Robert Wood Johnson Hamilton Cytopathology Service   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; idiopathic; lymphocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MYCOSIS;

EID: 77956589319     PISSN: 09745963     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.67106     Document Type: Article

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