Distant and lymph node metastases of thyroid nodules with no pathological evidence of malignancy: A limitation of pathological examination

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 889-894

  Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Yabuta, Tomonori ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Fukushima, Mitsuhiro ^a   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Uruno, Takashi ^a   Kihara, Minoru ^a   Higashiyama, Takuya ^a   Takamura, Yuuki ^a   Miya, Akihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Matsuzuka, Fumio ^a   Amino, Nobuyuki ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign; Metastasis; Nodular goiter; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SCINTIANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISTANT METASTASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NODULAR GOITER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 55049096118     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K08E-116     Document Type: Article

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