Importance of FNAC in the detection of tumours within multinodular goitre of the thyroid

Cytopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 206-211

  Kojic Katovic S ^a   Halbauer, M ^a   Tomic Brzac H ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cytology; FNAC thyroid; Isotope scans; Malignant and benign tumours; Multinodular goitre; Ultrasound guided FNAC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NODULAR GOITER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOISOTOPES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444356645     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2004.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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