Inflammatory pseudotumor of the thyroid gland showing prominent fibrohistiocytic proliferation. A case report

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-190

  Kojima, Masaru ^a   Suzuki, Masami ^b   Shimizu, Kazuhiko ^c   Masawa, Nobuhide ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ASHIKAGA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Immunohistochemistry; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Plasma cell granuloma; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; LOBECTOMY; LYMPHOCYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID GLAND; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID TUMOR;

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449728412     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9080-4     Document Type: Article

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