Fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules: Correlation between cytology and histology and evaluation of discrepant cases

Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-259

  Sidawy, Mary K ^a,b   Del Vecchio, David M ^c   Knoll, Stanley M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Adequacy; Diagnostic pitfalls; Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0031586234     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970825)81:4<253::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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