Cystic papillary thyroid carcinoma in fine needle aspiration may represent a subset of the encapsulated variant in WHO classification

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 721-726

  Yang, Grace C H ^a   Stern, Connie M ^b   Messina, Albert V ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic papillary thyroid carcinoma; Encapsulated variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma; Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid cysts; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CYST; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957701386     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21282     Document Type: Article

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