Fine needle cytology and flow cytometry of ectopic cervical thymoma: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 998-1002

  Zeppa, Pio ^a   Varone, Valeria ^a   Cozzolino, Immacolata ^a   Salvatore, Domenico ^a   Vetrani, Antonio ^a   Palombini, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Flow cytometry; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CHROMATIN; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPLASM; ECTOPIC CERVICAL THYMOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID CELL; NUCLEOLUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA;

EID: 78650452778     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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