Littoral cell angioma presenting as metastatic thyroid carcinoma to the spleen

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-175

  Mohan, Vineeth ^a   Jones, Ralph C ^a   Drake III, Almond J ^a   Daly, Patrick L ^a   Shakir, K M Mohamed ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOIODINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 14844293457     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.170     Document Type: Article

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