Thyroid papillary microcarcinoma: Is it really a pitfall of fine needle aspiration cytology?

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 341-346

  Perez, Liza A ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^b   Mandel, Susan J ^b   Livolsi, Virginia A ^c   Baloch, Zubair W ^b  

^a The Chester County Hospital   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biospy; Carcinoma, papillary; Microcarcinoma; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

EID: 0034999604     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327628     Document Type: Article

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