Fine needle aspiration cytology of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid with a focus on rare variants: A review of 78 cases

Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Kaushal, S ^a   Iyer, V K ^a   Mathur, S R ^a   Ray, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Medullary carcinoma; Thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CELL INCLUSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953005569     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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