The 'dark nucleus' and disruptions of follicular architecture: Possible new histological aids for the diagnosis of the follicular variant of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

Histopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-42

  Bell, C D ^a   Coire, C ^a   Treger, T ^a   Volpe, R ^a   Baumal, R ^b,c   Fornasier, V L ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell nucleus; Diagnostic errors; Pathology; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER CELL MASS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOMA; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034850238     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2001.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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