Follicular carcinoma arising in ectopic thyroid tissue: Case report with fine-needle aspiration findings

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-41

  Subramony, Charu ^a   Baliga, Mithra ^a   Lemos, Luciano B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ectopic thyroid; fine needle aspiration biopsy; follicular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031054254     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199701)16:1<39::AID-DC9>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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