Insular Carcinoma of the Thyroid with a Predominant Microfollicular Pattern: A Diagnostic Pitfall on Cytology [1]

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-113

  Jain, Shyama ^a   Kumar, Neeta ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^b   Sodhani, Pushpa ^b   Aggarwal, A K ^c  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND PREVENTIVE ONCOLOGY   (India)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Follicular neoplasms; Insular carcinoma; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULAR CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID; LETTER; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0842283986     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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