Diagnostic Utility of Epithelial Membrane Antigen in Distinguishing between Reactive Mesothelial and Metastatic Adenocarcinoma Cells in Serous Cavity Fluid

Background: The cytological diagnoses of serous effusions are usually made by routine cytomorphology with certainty. However, overlapping cases sometimes exist between reactive mesothelial and adenocarcinoma cells. We tried to evaluate the diagnostic utility of epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) mono...

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Main Authors: Noushin Afshar Moghaddam, Parvin Mahzouni, Alireza Rahmani, Atefeh Khaledi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Vesnu Publications 2012-03-01
Series:مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان
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Online Access:http://jims.mui.ac.ir/index.php/jims/article/view/1588