Massive thyroid tumoral embolism from a breast carcinoma presenting as acute thyroiditis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 804-806

  Jiménezo Heffernan, Jose A ^a   Perez, Francisco ^a   Hornedo, Javier ^b   Perna, Cristian ^a   Lapuente, Fernando ^c  

^a HOSPITAL LA ZARZUELA   (Spain)

^b Hospital La Luz   (Spain)

^c Hospital Madrid Monteprincipe   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAPLASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 3042698651     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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