Columnar Cell Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Report of a Case with Cytologic Findings

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-77

  Ylagan, Lourdes R ^a,b   Dehner, Louis P ^a   Huettner, Phyllis C ^a   Lu, Danielle ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Carcinoma, papillary; Papillary thyroid carcinoma, columnar cell variant; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID COLUMNAR CELL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0842305746     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326287     Document Type: Article

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