Fine-needle aspiration of an unusual case of poorly differentiated insular carcinoma of the thyroid

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-107

  Gong, Yun ^a   Krishnamurthy, Savitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FNA; Insular carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID INSULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CELL;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 12744279339     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20178     Document Type: Article

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