Oncocytes, oxyphils, hürthle, and askanazy cells: Morphological and molecular features of oncocytic thyroid nodules

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-24

  Mete, Ozgur ^a,b   Asa, Sylvia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

H rthle cells; Oncocytes; Oncocytic thyroid carcinoma; Oxyphils; Thyroid nodules

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 19; ECALECTIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN PATCHED; PROTEIN RET;

CANCER CELL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METAPLASIA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXYPHIL CELLS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 77951139501     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-009-9102-2     Document Type: Review

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