"Atypical" cells in fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens of benign thyroid cysts

Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-79

  Faquin, William C ^a,b   Cibas, Edmund S ^b,c   Renshaw, Andrew A ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAPTIST HOSPITAL OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical cells; Cysts; Cytopathology; Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Papillary carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CELL INCLUSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DEGENERATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CYST; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18044390852     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20832     Document Type: Article

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