Microfilariae identified in FNA of a thyroid nodule

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-150

  Mehrotra, Ravi ^a,b   Lahiri, V L ^a   Hazra, D K ^a  

^a S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MLN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

hyperthyroidism; microfilaria; thyroid aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NODULE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031052913     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199702)16:2<149::AID-DC11>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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