Paraganglioma-like medullary thyroid carcinoma: A rare entity

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1363-1367

  Bockhorn, Maximilian ^a   Sheu, Sien Yi ^a   Frilling, Andreja ^a   Molmenti, Ernesto ^a   Schmid, Kurt W ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GALECTIN 3; MELAN A; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; STEM CELL FACTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA LIKE THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PARAGANGLIOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31144459000     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1363     Document Type: Article

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