Diagnosis of "follicular neoplasm": A gray zone in thyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-44

  Baloch, Zubair W ^a   Fleisher, Seth ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Follicular neoplasm; Follicular variant of papillary carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 0036137843     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10043     Document Type: Article

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