Cytologic Features of Fine Needle Aspirates of Papillary and Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thyroid with Anaplastic Transformation

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1356-1360

  Cameselle Teijeiro, Josè ^a,b,c   Febles Pèrez, Carmen ^a,b,c   Sobrinho Simões, Manuel ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GALICIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c General Hospital of Galicia   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Carcinoma papillary; Carcinoma, mucoepidermoid; Carcinoma, undifferentiated; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 1842335047     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333537     Document Type: Article

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