Thyroid paraganglioma: Diagnostic pitfall in fine needle aspiration biopsy

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 745-747

  Ashraf, Mohamad Javad ^a   Azarpira, Negar ^a   Vasei, Mohammad ^a   Tavakol, Mohamad Hossein ^a   Khademi, Bighan ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Paraganglioma, extra adrenal; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID PARAGANGLIOMA; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 56749117985     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325637     Document Type: Letter

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