Signet-Ring Follicular Adenoma of the Thyroid Diagnosed by Fine Needle Aspiration: Report of A Case with Cytologic Description

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-90

  El Sahrigy, Dina ^a   Zhang, Xin Min ^a   Elhosseiny, Abdelmonem ^a,b   Melamed, Myron R ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Carcinoma, signet ring cell, adenoma, follicular; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VACUOLE; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0842327237     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326290     Document Type: Article

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