Importance of foamy macrophages only in fine needle aspirates to cytologic diagnostic accuracy of cystic metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Koo, Ja Seung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a   Jung, Woohee ^a   Hong, SoonWon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Fine needle; Foamy macrophages; Lymphatic metastasis; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY THYROID CYSTIC METASTATIC CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 77953195950     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325030     Document Type: Article

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