Atypical epithelioid cells in pleural effusion as foreign second population: A diagnostic cytopathology dilemma
Shengnan Zhao1, Likun Hou1, Wei Wu1
1Department of Pathology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Cytojournal
|February 12, 2024
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