Metastatic anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid mimicking squamous cell carcinoma: Report of a case of a challenging cytologic diagnosis

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-204

  Oktay, Maja H ^a   Smolkin, Matthew B ^a   Williams, Mark ^a   Cajigas, Antonio ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, anaplastic; Carcinoma, squamous cell; Metastasis; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CD57 ANTIGEN; IODINE 131;

AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LUNG NODULE; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 33645473517     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325932     Document Type: Article

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