Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Its characteristic features demonstrated by fine-needle aspiration cytology and immunohistochemical study

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 732-737

  Urano, Makoto ^a   Kiriyama, Yuka ^a   Takakuwa, Yasunari ^a   Kuroda, Makoto ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytology; Immunohistochemistry; Papillary carcinoma; Tall cell variant; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70349328250     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21086     Document Type: Article

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