Fine-needle aspiration cytology of columnar-cell carcinoma of the thyroid: Report of two cases with cytohistologic correlation

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 352-356

  Pérez, Ferran ^a   Llobet, Montserrat ^a   Garijo, Gloria ^a   Barceló, Cristina ^a   Castro, Pilar ^a   Bernadó, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Columnar cell carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Thyroid gland; Thyroid papillary carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2642647829     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199805)18:5<352::AID-DC10>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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