Improving the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid follicular neoplasms: Cytological features in fine-needle aspiration cytology

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-34

  Maruta, Junko ^a,b   Hashimoto, Hironobu ^a   Suehisa, Yuri ^a   Yamashita, Hiroto ^a   Noguchi, Shiro ^c   Aratake, Yatsuki ^b   Ohno, Eiji ^b   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^d  

^a Noguchi Thyroid Clin/Hosp Found   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS   (Japan)

^c Noguchi Thyroid Clinic and Hospital Foundation   (Japan)

^d Medical Care Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

aspiration; cytology; diagnosis; follicular neoplasm; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR ADENOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650447461     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21321     Document Type: Article

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