Fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid: Rate and causes of cytohistopathologic discordance

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 233-237

  Bakhos, Rima ^a   Selvaggi, Suzanne M ^a   Dejong, Steven ^a   Gordon, Donald L ^a   Pitale, Shailesh U ^a   Herrmann, Marrille ^a   Wojcik, Eva M ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytohistologic correlation; False negative rate; False positive rate; Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033650906     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0339(200010)23:4<233::AID-DC3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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