Analysis of Inconclusive Fine-Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Follicular Lesions

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-175

  Bakshi, Nasir A ^a   Mansoor, Ibrahim ^a   Jones, Bruce A ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Follicular cells; Goiter; Hyperplasia; Thyroid neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NODULAR GOITER; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE SLICE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0142121336     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:14:2:167     Document Type: Review

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