Fine needle aspiration biopsy of neuroendocrine breast carcinoma metastatic to the thyroid: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Loo, Christine K C ^a   Burchett, Ivan J ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Breast cancer; Metastasis; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ANTIESTROGEN; PAMIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0037266667     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326480     Document Type: Article

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