Contribution of ultrasonography and frozen-section analysis to the prediction of malignancy in thyroid nodules with suspicious papillary carcinoma cytology

Endocrinologist

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 301-303

  Rosario, Pedro Weslley ^a,b   Salles, Daniela Santos ^a   Bessa, Breno ^a   Purisch, Saulo ^b  

^a Postgraduation Program   (Brazil)

^b Endocrinology Service   (Brazil)

Author keywords

frozen section; suspicious cytology; Thyroid nodule; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 78650785490     PISSN: 10512144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TEN.0b013e3181fc28aa     Document Type: Article

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