Open AccessUltrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of retroperitoneal masses: A study of 85 cases
Author(s) -
Nidhi Mangal,
Veena Sharma,
Nidhi Verma,
Anil Agarwal,
Shipra Sharma,
Sangeeta Aneja
Publication year - 2009
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 - 10.4103/0970-9371.59394
Subject(s) - medicine , metastatic carcinoma , angiomyolipoma , radiology , lymphoma , fine needle aspiration , retroperitoneal space , pathology , fine needle aspiration cytology , renal cell carcinoma , cytology , biopsy , kidney , carcinoma
The diagnosis of retroperitoneal lesions is one of the most difficult areas in surgical pathology. The retroperitoneal space allows both primary and metastatic tumors to grow silently before the appearance of clinical signs and symptoms. Fine needle aspiration cytology has shown promising role in establishing the diagnosis in this region.