Clinical outcome for atypia of undetermined significance in thyroid fine-needle aspirations: Should repeated FNA be the preferred initial approach?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 770-775

  Vanderlaan, Paul A ^a   Marqusee, Ellen ^a   Krane, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypia of undetermined significance; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ATYPIA OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954992345     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP4P2GCCDNHFMY     Document Type: Article

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