Macrofollicular variant of papillary carcinoma: A potential thyroid FNA pitfall

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 560-564

  Chung, Daniel ^a   Ghossein, Ronald A ^a   Lin, Oscar ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Carcinoma; Cytology; Macrofollicular; Papillary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROFOLLICULAR VARIANT OF PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548749882     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20702     Document Type: Article

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