Intraprocedural evaluation of fine-needle aspiration smears: How good are we?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 760-763

  Factor, Rachel ^a   Layfield, Lester J ^a  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic disagreement; FNA; intraprocedural

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERTIFICATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84865075804     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21618     Document Type: Review

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