Insular carcinoma of the thyroid with jugular vein invasion

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 642-646

  Leong, Jern Lin ^a,d   Yuen, Heng Wai ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^b   Loevner, Laurie ^b   Narula, Navneet ^b   Baloch, Zubair ^b   Weber, Randal S ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Insular carcinoma; Intraluminal tumor; Surgical resection; Thyroid; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; IODINE 131;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUGULAR VEIN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID INSULAR CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PALLIATIVE CARE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 3042782801     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20037     Document Type: Article

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