Atypical cells in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from bone marrow transplant recipients: A potential pitfall

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Gulbahce, H Evin ^a   Baker, K Scott ^a   Kumar, Pragati ^a   Kjeldahl, Klint ^b   Pambuccian, Stefan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical; BAL; BMT; Bone marrow transplant; Bronchoalveolar lavage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SQUAMOUS CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOLUS; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 85047688136     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/BABKHTEHK9HJTYXY     Document Type: Article

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