Black thyroid revisited: Cytologic diagnosis in fine-needle aspirates is unlikely

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-111

  Oertel, Yolanda C ^a   Oertel, James E ^a   Dalal, Kamini ^a   Mendoza, Mayo G ^a   Fadeyi, Emmanuel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black thyroid; Minocycline; Thyroid aspirates; Thyroid cytology

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MINOCYCLINE; PIGMENT;

ACNE; ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; BLACK THYROID GLAND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; ONCOCYTOMA; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; THYROID DISCOLORATION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COLOR; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 32044438290     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20394     Document Type: Review

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