FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY DIAGNOSIS OF A BONE METASTASIS FROM AN OCCULT CARCINOMA OF THE LIVER - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
ASCANI S LIBERATI F FARABI R CRISTALLINI EG
Citation
S. Ascani et al., FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY DIAGNOSIS OF A BONE METASTASIS FROM AN OCCULT CARCINOMA OF THE LIVER - A CASE-REPORT, Acta cytologica, 39(3), 1995, pp. 547-549
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cell Biology
Journal title
Acta cytologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015547
Volume
39
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
547 - 549
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5547(1995)39:3<547:FABDOA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
In a 66-year-old male, fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of an oste olytic vertebral lesion determined the diagnosis of a liver cell carci noma, until then clinically silent. FNAB confirmed the diagnosis of th e tumor and the identification of the primary site without resorting t o surgery.