Medullary thyroid carcinoma, small cell variant, as a diagnostic challenge on fine needle aspiration: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 911-917

  Yerly, Stephane ^a   Triponez, Frederic ^b   Meyer, Patrick ^b   Kumar, Neeta ^a   Bongiovanni, Massimo ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy, fine needle; Lymphoma; Medullary thyroid carcinoma, small cell variant; Neuroendocrine carcinoma; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CONGO RED; CYTOKERATIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

STRAWBERRY CRINKLE VIRUS;

EID: 78650482048     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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