Insular carcinoma of thyroid - A case report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 420-422

  Jain, Rashmi ^a,b   Chaturvedi, K Uma ^a   Khurana, Nita ^a   Aggarwal, A K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Insular carcinoma; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; RARE DISEASE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID INSULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; CARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33644790587     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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