Hürthle cell neoplasms of the thyroid: Sonographic appearance and histologic characteristics

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 751-757

  Maizlin, Zeev V ^a   Wiseman, Sam M ^b   Vora, Parag ^a   Kirby, John M ^a   Mason, Andrew C ^c   Filipenko, Douglas ^b   Brown, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Ridge Meadows Hospital and Health Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

H rthle cell neoplasms; Sonography; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BONE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COLOR DOPPLER IMAGING; DISTANT METASTASIS; DOPPLER EXAMINATION; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSIES; PERIPHERAL BLOOD; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

TUMORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOCYTOMA; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; VASCULARIZATION; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCINOSIS; CYSTS; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 45849104257     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.5.751     Document Type: Review

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