Follicular variant of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: To what extent is fine-needle aspiration reliable?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-16

  Martínez Parra, Diego ^b   Fernández, Joaquín Campos ^b   Hierro Guilmain, Carmen Cinta ^b   Pérez, Joaquín Sola ^b   Pérez Guillermo, Miguel ^a  

^a Allergy Section   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Frozen sections; Ground glass nuclei; Imprints; Nuclear grooves; Nuclear pseudoinclusions; Papillary carcinoma; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029967319     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199607)15:1<12::AID-DC4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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