Multinucleated giant cells in fine needle aspirates: Can they help differentiate papillary thyroid cancer from benign nodular goiter?

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 823-827

  Tsou, Pei Ling ^a   Hsiao, Yung Lian ^a   Chang, Tien Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Carcinoma, papillary; Multinucleated giant cells; Nodular goiter; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 0036738307     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327054     Document Type: Article

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