Use and abuse of frozen section in the diagnosis of follicular thyroid lesions

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 285-293

  LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a   Baloch, Zubair W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration (FNA); Follicular tumors; Frozen section; Intraoperative assessment; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID SURGERY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646686817     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/EP:16:4:285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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