Open AccessUltrasound-guided aspiration cytology of retroperitoneal masses with histopathological corroboration: A study of 71 cases
Author(s) -
Indranil Chakrabarti,
Sourav Bhowmik,
Madhumita Sinha,
Pranati Bera
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.130629
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , metastatic carcinoma , lymphoma , adrenocortical carcinoma , cytopathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , fine needle aspiration , biopsy , cytology , pathology , carcinoma
Diagnosis of retroperitoneal lesions is one of the most difficult areas in surgical pathology. Both primary and metastatic tumors can grow silently in retroperitoneum before the appearance of clinical signs and symptoms. Guided aspiration cytology has shown a promising role in diagnosis of lesions in this region.