Medullary thyroid carcinoma presenting as rectangular cell type on fine-needle aspiration

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-216

  Schreiner, Andrew M ^a   Yang, Grace C H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Follicular neoplasm; Medullary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ISTHMUSECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTANGULAR CELL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64249126389     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21041     Document Type: Article

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