Thyroglossal duct cysts: Diagnostic criteria by fine-needle aspiration

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1039-1043

  Shaffer, Margaret M ^a,c   Oertel, Yolanda C ^a   Oertel, James E ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c Sibley Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NECK TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THYROGLOSSAL CYST;

EID: 0029800702     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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