Diagnostic utility of vitreous humor fluid cytology for intraocular sarcoidosis: A clinicopathologic study of 7 cases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-213

  Kinoshita, Yuichi ^a   Takasu, Kosho ^a   Adachi, Yasuhi ^a   Yuri, Takashi ^a   Matsunaga, Shiho ^a   Nagumo, Sachiko ^a   Shikata, Nobuaki ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

case review; intraocular perfusion fluid; intraocular sarcoidosis; pars plana vitrectomy; vitreous fluid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPITHELIOID CELL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAOCULAR SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; ONSET AGE; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOLOGY; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SEX RATIO; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS OPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84857145222     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21540     Document Type: Article

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