Impact of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in lymph nodal and mediastinal lesions: A multicenter experience

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 723-729

  Zeppa, Pio ^a   Barra, Enrica ^b   Napolitano, Vincenzo ^b   Cozzolino, Immacolata ^b   Troncone, Giancarlo ^a   Picardi, Marco ^a   De Renzo, Amalia ^a   Mainenti, Pier Paolo ^a   Vetrani, Antonio ^a   Palombini, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

EUS FNA; lymph node; mediastinal mass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MESENCHYMOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPH NODES; MEDIASTINUM; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052899807     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21450     Document Type: Article

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