Giant cells in poorly differentiated (insular) carcinoma of the thyroid [6]

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-110

  Pokieser, Wolfgang ^a   Ulrich, Walter ^a   Neuhold, Nikolaus ^b   Hoebling, Walter ^d   Hurtl, Ingrid ^c  

^a Jakob Erdheim Inst Pathologie   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Carcinoma; Giant cells; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0037263420     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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