Primary angiosarcoma of the thyroid gland with recurrence diagnosed by fine needle aspiration: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 427-432

  Isa, Nurismah Md ^a,c   James, Daniel T ^b   Saw, Teong H ^b   Pennisi, Robert ^b   Gough, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cytological; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Histopathological; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL; CD31 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROIDECTOMY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEOLUS; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

ANTIGENS, CD31; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 66649092169     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21065     Document Type: Article

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