Papillary thyroid carcinoma with atypical histiocytoid cells on fine-needle aspiration

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-250

  Harshan, Manju ^a,c   Crapanzano, John P ^a   Aslan, Deniz L ^a,d   Vazquez, Madeline F ^a,e   Saqi, Anjali ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e CBLpath   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic; Fine needle aspiration; Histiocytoid; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65349103043     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20990     Document Type: Article

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