Kaposi's sarcoma of the thyroid gland in an HIV-negative woman: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-423

  Poniecka, Anna ^a,c   Ghorab, Zeina ^b   Arnold, David ^c   Khaled, Amr ^a   Ganjei Azar, Parvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; HIV; Kaposi's sarcoma; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 34248636811     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325758     Document Type: Article

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