Metastatic breast carcinoma involving the thyroid gland diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 110-115

  Owens, Christopher L ^a   Basaria, Shezad ^b   Nicol, Theresa L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Mammary; MC; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; NECK PAIN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23044475612     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20311     Document Type: Article

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