Anaplastic spindle-cell squamous carcinoma arising in association with tall-cell papillary cancer of the thyroid: A potential pitfall

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 413-418

  Saunders, Carol A ^a   Nayar, Ritu ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Spindle cell squamous carcinoma; Tall cell papillary carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032757132     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199912)21:6<413::AID-DC10>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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