Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Cytodiagnostic accuracy and pitfalls

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 531-536

  Nguyen, Gia Khanh ^a   Ginsberg, Jody ^a   Crockford, Peter M ^a   Villanueva, Ricci R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic pitfalls; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; hyperplastic follicular nodule; hyperplastic Hurthle cell nodule; lymphocytic thyroiditis; needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0031011453     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199706)16:6<531::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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