Where to look for AFB in FNA Smears from tuberculous lymph nodes
Demonstration of acid fast bacilli (AFB) is essential for the definitive cytodiagnosis of tuberculosis. However, it is not seen in all cases of tuberculosis, being more commonly observed in necrotic lesions. Tuberculosis shows a spectrum of lesions that form a continuum extending from good immunity...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cytology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2018;volume=35;issue=3;spage=170;epage=172;aulast=Prasoon |