Open AccessImage-guided fine-needle aspiration of retroperitoneal masses: The role of the cytopathologist
Author(s) -
HenaA Ansari,
Ghazala Mehdi,
Veena Maheshwari,
Sheerin Afzal,
Ibne Ahmad
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.107511
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , medical diagnosis , fine needle aspiration , diagnostic accuracy , ultrasonography , cytopathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , retroperitoneal space , cytology , biopsy , pathology
Retroperitoneal tumors constitute a difficult diagnostic category as they are not easily accessible. The advent of image-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA) has resolved this problem significantly.
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