Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation (SETTLE) of the thyroid with neck lymph node metastasis: A case report

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-143

  Abrosimov, Aleksandr Yu ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c 6 Founders Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Metastasis; SETTLE; Thyroid tumor

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CYTOKERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; THYROGLOBULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE EPITHELIAL TUMOR WITH THYMUS LIKE DIFFERENTIATION; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NECK; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; THYMUS GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25844520746     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:16:2:139     Document Type: Article

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