Calcitonin estimation in neck lymph node fine-needle aspirate fluid prevents misinterpretation of cytology in patients with metastatic medullary thyroid cancer

Thyroid

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1015-1016

  Abraham, Dev ^a   Gault, Paige M ^b   Hunt, Jason ^c   Bentz, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Carolina's Center for Diabetes   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349135143     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2009.0011     Document Type: Letter

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