Role of fine needle aspiration and frozen section in determining the extent of thyroidectomy

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1075-1079

  Akhtar, Shabbir ^a   Awan, Mohammad Sohail ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Frozen section; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34547101931     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0302-4     Document Type: Article

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