Can cytomorphology differentiate between benign nodules and tumors arising in Graves' disease?

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-67

  Anderson, Scott R ^a   Mandel, Susan ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a   Baloch, Zubair W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN THYROID NODULE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CELL; CANCER SURGERY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEOLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3042716676     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20075     Document Type: Article

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