Dark and Pale Cerebriform Nuclei in FNA Smears of Usual Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Its Variants

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Mallik, Mrinmay K ^a,b   Das, Dilip K ^b   Mallik, Anupama A ^c   Madda, John P ^d   Mirza, Kahvic ^e   Al Bishi, Khalida Khalid ^a   George, Sarah S ^b   Junaid, T A ^b  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^e AL JAHRA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Dark cerebriform nucleus; FNAC; Pale cerebriform nucleus; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DARK CEREBRIFORM NUCLEUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PALE CEREBRIFORM NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542275635     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20022     Document Type: Article

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