Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma a series of five cytologic cases with literature review and emphasis on diagnostic pitfalls

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Qian, Xiaohua ^a   Hornick, Jason L ^a   Cibas, Edmund S ^a   Cin, Paola Dal ^a   Domanski, Henryk A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AFH; angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma; cytology; fine needle aspiration; fluorescence in situ hybridization; soft tissue tumor

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; ANGIOMATOID FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TUMOR CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865663712     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21830     Document Type: Review

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