Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma arising in long-standing multinodular goiter following radioactive iodine therapy: Report of a case diagnosed by fine needle aspiration

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-583

  Maatouk, Jamal ^c   Barklow, Thomas A ^b   Zakaria, Wael ^a   Al Abbadi, Mousa A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Carcinoma, anaplastic; Nodular goiter; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANAPLASTIC THYROID CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NEUTROPHIL; NODULAR GOITER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROTOXICOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 69749108660     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325388     Document Type: Article

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