Evaluation of a scoring system for predicting lymph node malignancy in ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration practice

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1100-1106

  Wu, Maoxin ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Zheng, Xiaoyong ^a   Burstein, David E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

lymph node; scoring system; ultrasound guided FNA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

LYMPH NODE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND GUIDED FNA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND-GUIDED FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84888074886     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21745     Document Type: Article

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