Papillary thyroid carcinoma: Evidence for intracytoplasmic formation of precursor substance for calcification and its release from well-preserved neoplastic cells

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 809-812

  Das, Dilip K ^a,b   Sheikh, Zaffar A ^b   George, Sara S ^a   Al Baquer, Tahani ^c   Francis, Issam M ^a,c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c Hussain Maki Al Juma Centre for Specialized Surgeries   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Calcification; Fine needle aspiration cytology; FNA; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Psammoma bodies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; STAINING; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 55549124239     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20898     Document Type: Article

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