Occult sporadic medullary microcarcinoma with lymph node metastases

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Sironi, Maria ^a,b   Cozzi, Luigi ^a   Pareschi, Roberto ^a   Spreafico, Gian Luigi ^a   Assi, Agnese ^a  

^a Hospital of Legnano   (Italy)

^b SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastases; Medullary carcinoma; Occult thyroid carcinoma; Sporadic medullary microcarcinoma; Thyroid microcarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032803338     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199909)21:3<203::AID-DC12>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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