How to read a pathology report of a bone tumor

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2092-2099

  Guinebretière, Jean Marc ^a   Kreshak, Jennifer ^b   Suciu, Voichita ^a   De Maulmont, Charles ^a   Mascard, Eric ^c   Missenard, Gilles ^c   Larousserie, Frederique ^b,d   Vanel, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bone lesions; Bone tumors; Core needle biopsy; Diagnosis; Histology report; Large core needle biopsy; Pathology; Surgical biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BONE LESIONS; BONE TUMORS; CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY REPORT; LARGE CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; SURGICAL BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; BONE NEOPLASMS; DOCUMENTATION; FRANCE; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890793805     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.11.036     Document Type: Article

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