The role of fine-needle aspiration in the diagnosis of thyroid lymphoma: A retrospective study of nine cases and review of published series

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-133

  Morgen, Eric K ^a   Geddie, William ^a   Boerner, Scott ^a   Bailey, Denis ^a   Da Cunha Santos, Gilda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; THYROID LYMPHOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77349088564     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.071423     Document Type: Article

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