Thyroid aspiration cytology: A "cell pattern" approach to interpretation

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 81-98

  Nayar, R ^a   Frost, A R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; FNA; Patterns; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPLASIA; MORPHOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034966379     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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