Fine-needle aspiration of the diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma masked by florid lymphocytic thyroiditis; a potential pitfall: A case report and review of the literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 671-675

  Bongiovanni, Massimo ^a   Triponez, Frederic ^a   McKee, Thomas A ^a   Kumar, Neeta ^a   Matthes, Thomas ^a   Meyer, Patrick ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytopathological features; Diffuse sclerosing variant; Fine needle aspiration; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; DIFFUSE SCLEROSING VARIANT THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GOITER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 68849100201     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21091     Document Type: Article

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