Asteroid bodies in lymph node cytology: Infrequently seen and still mysterious

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-36

  Jorns, Julie M ^a   Knoepp, Stewart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

asteroid body; cytology; granuloma; lymph node

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, GIANT CELL; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 78650450556     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21301     Document Type: Article

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