A case of malignant thymoma mimicking thyroid carcinoma: A pitfall in fine-needle aspiration

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-241

  Matsuura, Bunzo ^a   Tokunaga, Hitoo ^a   Miyake, Teruki ^a   Utsunomiya, Sachiko ^a   Minami, Hisaka ^a   Onji, Morikazu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Papillary carcinoma of thyroid; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THALLIUM 201;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK TUMOR; THYMOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442685834     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.51.237     Document Type: Article

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