Diagnostic significance of papillary structures and intranuclear inclusions in Hurthle-cell neoplasms of the thyroid

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Blumenfeld, Walter ^a   Nair, Ramesh ^a   Mir, Rabia ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Hurthle cell neoplasms; Intranuclear inclusions; Papillary structures; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

EID: 0032939174     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199904)20:4<185::AID-DC1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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