Cell block alone as an ideal preparatory method for hemorrhagic thyroid nodule aspirates procured without onsite cytologists

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-144

  Qiu, Libo ^a,b   Crapanzano, John P ^a   Saqi, Anjali ^a   Vidhun, Ramapriya ^c   Vazquez, Madeline F ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration, fine needle; Cell block; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; CYTOTECHNOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NODULAR GOITER; ONCOCYTOMA; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMEAR; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 41149100152     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325471     Document Type: Article

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