Granular cell tumor of the thyroid: A case report

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-294

  Baloch, Zubair W ^a,c   Martin, Susan ^b   Livolsi, Virginia A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Oconee Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c 6 Founders Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Granular cell tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID TUMOR;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 23644450611     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690501300312     Document Type: Article

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