A low-power, 'architectural,' clue to the follicular variant of papillary thyroid adenocarcinoma in aspiration biopsy

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 211-217

  Yan, Zhanqing ^b   Yang, Grace C H ^a   Waisman, Jerry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Aspiration biopsy; Papillary; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034105245     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326362     Document Type: Article

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