Improved preoperative definitive diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma in FNAs prepared with both thinprep and conventional smears compared with FNAs prepared with thinprep alone

Cancer Cytopathology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Luu, Martin H ^b,c,d   Fischer, Andrew H ^d   Pisharodi, Latha ^b,c   Owens, Christopher L ^a,c  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional preparations; FNA; Liquid based preparations; ThinPrep; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DEVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TISSUE PREPARATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953129580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19346638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncy.20124     Document Type: Article

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