Incidentally detected liver metastasis of well-differentiated follicular carcinoma of the thyroid, mimicking ectopic thyroid

Pathology International

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 509-513

  Kondo, Tetsuo ^a   Katoh, Ryohei ^a   Omata, Kosaku ^b   Oyama, Toshio ^c   Yagawa, Akiharu ^b   Kawaoi, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b YAMANASHI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Yamanashi Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic thyroid; Follicular carcinoma; Liver metastasis; Thyroid neoplasm

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0033911750     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2000.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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