Cytopathology of insular carcinoma of the thyroid

Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 196-202

  Gutter, Gerardo E ^a   Auger, Manon ^b   Ali, Syed Z ^c   Allen, Elizabeth A ^c   Zakowski, Maureen F ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Insular carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033603805     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990825)87:4<196::AID-CNCR6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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