Poorly differentiated 'insular' carcinoma of the thyroid: A case report

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Yang, Hong Jyh ^a   King, Kuang Liang ^a   Yang, An Hang ^a   Chu, Kwai Ping ^a   Jap, Tjin Shing ^a   Lin, Hong Da ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

insular cancer; poorly differentiated thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEEDLE BIOPSY; THYROID CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029841255     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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