Hematoidin crystals in sputum smears: Cytopathology and clinical associations

Hematoidin crystals in sputum smears: Cytopathology and clinical associations

BACKGROUND: There has been limited correlation of hematoidin crystals (HC) in sputum with clinical and diagnostic characteristics, partly because they are difficult to recognize. The aim of this study was, therefore, to assess these relationships in a consecutive cohort of sputum samples from patien...

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Main Authors: Rafael Martinez-Giron, Hugo Cornelis van Woerden, Liron Pantanowitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
carcinoma
clinical associations
cytology
hematoidin crystals
lung
papanicolaou method
sputum smears
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2020;volume=15;issue=3;spage=155;epage=162;aulast=Martinez-Giron

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