Dedifferentiation of neoplastic cells in medullary thyroid carcinoma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1189-1194

  Osaka, Michitoshi ^a   Soga, Jun ^b   Tamiya, Youichi ^c   Suzuki, Tsutomu ^c  

^a Japanese Red Cross Society   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Dedifferentiation; Immunohistochemistry; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0032707449     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482271     Document Type: Article

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