Parathyroid hormone assay in fine-needle aspirate is useful in differentiating inadvertently sampled parathyroid tissue from thyroid lesions

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 227-231

  Owens, Christopher L ^a,b   Rekhtman, Natasha ^a   Sokoll, Lori ^a   Ali, Syed Z ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytopathology; Fine needle aspiration; Parathyroid; Parathyroid hormone; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41449101351     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20783     Document Type: Article

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