Interinstitutional consultation in fine-needle aspiration cytopathology
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Fine needle aspiration cytopathology of pediatric lymphadenopathy among Sudanese children.
BACKGROUND Pediatric lymphadenopathy is a challenging medical situation for the child patient, the parents, and the physician. Although the bulk of masses will be benign the fear of malignancy is omnipresent. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify the common cytopathological patterns of lymphadenopathy among Sudanese children. METHODS One hundred pediatric patients presenting ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Cytopathology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1934-662X,1934-6638
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20037