Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia of the thyroid - A case report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 660-661

  Sharma, Kirti ^a   Nigam, Sonu ^a,b   Khurana, Nita ^a   Chaturvedi, K Uma ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Sclerosing; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NECK TUMOR; SCLEROSING MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2342437504     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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