Fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid and correlation with histopathology in a contemporary series of 240 patients

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 702-710

  Sclabas, Guido M ^a   Staerkel, Gregg A ^b   Shapiro, Suzanne E ^a   Fornage, Bruno D ^a,b   Sherman, Steven I ^b   Vassillopoulou Sellin, Rena ^b   Lee, Jeffrey E ^a   Evans, Douglas B ^a  

^a Box 444 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Indeterminate cytology; Surgery; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0346850981     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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