Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of metastatic thyroid cancer

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-71

  Diaz, Javier ^a   Chawla, Mohit ^a   Simoff, Michael ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Endobronchial ultrasound; Lung cancer staging; Mediastinal diseases; Metastatic thyroid cancer; Transbronchial needle aspiration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION;

EID: 68049096182     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e31819093d2     Document Type: Article

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