Role of ultrasonography in patients with cytologically follicular thyroid tumor

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 508-511

  Kihara, Minoru ^a   Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Masuoka, Hiroo ^a   Yabuta, Tomonori ^a   Tomoda, Chisato ^a   Higashiyama, Takuya ^a   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Fukushima, Mitsuhiro ^a   Takamura, Yuuki ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Miya, Akihiro ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodule; Follicular tumor; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 79953057602     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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