Cribriform-morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Report of a case showing morules with peculiar nuclear clearing

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 431-436

  Kuma, Seiji ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Xu, Bing ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^b   Kukudo, Kennichi ^c   Sano, Toshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Carcinoma, papillary; Cribriform morular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON POLYP; CRIBRIFORM MORULAR VARIANT OF PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 2442647906     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326399     Document Type: Article

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