Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Sonographic and clinical findings

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 853-858

  Choi, Yoon Jung ^a   Shin, Jung Hee ^b   Kim, Ji Hoon ^c   Jung, So Lyung ^d   Son, Eun Ju ^e   Oh, Young Lyun ^b  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Sonography; Tall cell variant; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; NODAL METASTASIS; PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMATA; PULMONARY METASTASIS; TALL CELL VARIANT; THYROID CANCERS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79957951461     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.6.853     Document Type: Article

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