Cytologic features of angiosarcoma: A review of 26 cases diagnosed on FNA

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 659-668

  Geller, Rachel L ^a   Hookim, Kim ^b   Sullivan, Harold C ^a   Stuart, Lauren N ^a   Edgar, Mark A ^a   Reid, Michelle D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

angiosarcoma; cytologic features; cytology; fine needle aspiration (FNA); vascular tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER SARCOMA; LUNG SARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 84987846276     PISSN: 1934662X     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21726     Document Type: Article

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