Poorly differentiated carcinoma (insular carcinoma) of the thyroid diagnosed by fine needle aspiration (FNA)

Cytopathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Pereira, E M ^a   Maeda, S A ^a   Alves, F ^a   Schmitt, F C ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; FATALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

KERATIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029657906     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2303.1996.35782357.x     Document Type: Article

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