Erdheim-chester disease of the brain: Cytological features and differential diagnosis of a challenging case

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 420-422

  Rushing, Elisabeth J ^a   Kaplan, Keith J ^b   Mena, Hernando ^a   Sandberg, Glenn D ^a   Koeller, Kelly ^a   Bouffard, John Paul ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Erdheim Chester disease; Histiocytosis; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 9644272631     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20161     Document Type: Article

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