Insular carcinoma of the thyroid in a 10-year-old child

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1083-1085

  Rijhwani, Ashok ^a,b   Satish, G N ^a  

^a MS Ramaiah Med Teaching Hospital   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Insular carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID INSULA CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0038337890     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(03)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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