Fine needle aspiration cytology of Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the thyroid: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-431

  Dey, Pranab ^a,b   Luthra, Usha K ^a   Sheikh, Zafar A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Histiocytosis, Langerhans cell; Thyroid diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL ADHESION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0032914371     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331093     Document Type: Article

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