Inadequate cytology in thyroid nodules: Should we repeat aspiration or follow-up?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1282-1289

  Yoon, Jung Hyun ^a,b   Moon, Hee Jung ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Kwak, Jin Young ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955806279     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1605-7     Document Type: Article

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