Specimen adequacy and diagnostic specificity of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirations of nonpalpable thyroid nodules

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 188-190

  Kelly, Nadine P ^a   Lim, Jennifer C ^a   DeJong, Steven ^a   Harmath, Carla ^a   Dudiak, Christine ^a   Wojcik, Eva M ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Nonpalpable nodules; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33644902056     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20392     Document Type: Article

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