Signet ring cell adenoma of the thyroid: A very rare entity

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-78

  Yalta, Tulin ^a   Elagoz, Sahende ^b   Uyar, Meral ^a   Topuz, Omer ^b   Ozer, Hatice ^b   Tuncer, Ersin ^b  

^a Sivas Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Metastatic signet ring cell carcinoma; Signet ring cell adenoma; Thyroid lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; SIGNET RING CELL ADENOMA; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73849086868     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000252840     Document Type: Article

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