The "drunken honeycomb" feature of pulmonary mucinous adenocarcinoma: A diagnostic pitfall of bronchial brushing cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-66

  Morency, Elizabeth ^a   Rodriguez Urrego, Paula A ^a   Szporn, Arnold H ^a   Beth Beasley, Mary ^a   Chen, Hua ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

"Drunken Honeycomb"; bronchial brushing cytology; pulmonary mucinous adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DRUNKEN HONEYCOMB LIKE CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 84872846933     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21728     Document Type: Article

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