Are all thyroid papillae malignant? An unusual pitfall in FNAC

Cytopathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-122

  Powari, M ^a   St John, A ^a   Jones, H ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; ULTRASOUND; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HYPERPLASIA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 33947662564     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2007.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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