Why Do Frozen Sections Have Limited Value in Encapsulated or Minimally Invasive Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 370-374

  Leteurtre, Emmanuelle ^a   Leroy, Xavier ^a   Pattou, François ^a   Wacrenier, Agnès ^a   Carnaille, Bruno ^a   Proye, Charles ^a   Lecomte Houcke, Martine ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Capsular invasion; Differentiation; Encapsulated follicular carcinoma; Follicular carcinoma of the thyroid; Frozen sections; Minimally invasive follicular carcinoma; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035292673     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/FEU2-T1VT-GV5P-9RCH     Document Type: Article

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