Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Cytologic features and differential diagnostic considerations

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-29

  Bocklage, Thèrése ^a   DiTomasso, John P ^b   Ramzy, Ibrahim ^c   Ostrowski, Mary L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Hurthle cell neoplasm; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Tall cell variant; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030974736     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199707)17:1<25::AID-DC5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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