Thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology: Follicular lesions and the gray zone

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-131

  Somma, Jonathan ^b   Schlecht, Nicolas F ^c   Fink, Daniel ^d   Khader, Samer N ^a   Smith, Richard V ^a   Cajigas, Antonio ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Atypical; Fine needle; Follicular neoplasm; Macrophage; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOBECTOMY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NODULAR GOITER; ONCOCYTOMA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 77951551885     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324996     Document Type: Article

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