Case report: Metastatic renal carcinoid to the thyroid diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 597-600

  Bhalla, Ritu ^a   Popp, Aimee ^a   Nassar, Aziza ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FNA; Horseshoe kidney; Renal carcinoid; Thyroid metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548789111     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20706     Document Type: Article

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