Diagnostic relevance of multinucleated giant cells in papillary thyroid carcinoma. A cytological and histological study;Diagnostische relevanz mehrkerniger riesenzellen beim papillären schilddrüsenkarzinom: Eine zytologische und histologische untersuchung

Pathologe

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 382-386

  Padberg, B C ^a,c   Schroder S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gemeinschaftspraxis Dr Beckmann   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Multinucleated giant cells; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141571324     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00292-003-0619-8     Document Type: Article

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