Epithelioid cell granulomas in urine cytology smears: Same cause, different implications

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 765-767

  Arora, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Gupta, Nalini ^a   Nijhawan, Raje ^a   Mandal, A K ^a  

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

Author keywords

BCG; Cytology; Epithelioid granulomas; Tuberculosis; Urine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIOID CELL GRANULOMA; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIOID CELLS; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77957706308     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21327     Document Type: Article

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