Metastatic Cytology
Nasopharyngeal origin is distinguishable from other lymph node cancers
Published in Cancer Weekly, March 18th, 2003
"Our objective was to study the cytomorphological features of metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) as compared to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of nonnasopharyngeal origin, Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and non-Hodgkin (NHL) lymphoma in the neck lymph nodes. The aim of this study was to find simple cytological criteria using routine stains that can help in differentiating between these entities. All fine-needle aspiration (FNA) smears of metastatic NPC, SCC, HL, and NHL from neck nodes available in our files were included in this study," researchers in Saudi Arabia report.
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