An audit study of the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound, fine needle aspiration cytology and frozen section in the evaluation of thyroid malignancies in a tertiary institution

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-362

  Tan, Winson J H ^a   Sanghvi, Kaushal ^a   Liau, Kui H ^a   Low, Cheng H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Investigations; Thyroid lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; EVALUATION STUDY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953415109     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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