Glandular patterns in a thyroid carcinoma with insular and anaplastic features: A case with possible implications for the classification of thyroid carcinomas

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 389-398

  Fadare, Oluwole ^a   Sinard, John H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; Clear cell; Glandular; Insular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; MITOSIS RATE; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036912142     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/adpa.2002.37012     Document Type: Article

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