Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm: Three case reports with review of literature

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 399-406

  Song, Joon Seon ^a,b   Yoo, Chong Woo ^a   Kwon, Youngmee ^a   Hong, Eun Kyung ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cytology; Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration; Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867893469     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2012.46.4.399     Document Type: Article

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