Microfilariae coexisting with a follicular lesion in thyroid aspirate smears in an uncommon case of a retrosternal thyroid mass, clinically presenting as malignancy

CytoJournal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rekhi, Bharat ^a   Kane, S V ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS; BASOPHIL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NECK; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SWELLING; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FOLLICULAR LESION OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID TUMOR; TOBACCO; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 79960295394     PISSN: 09745963     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1742-6413.76732     Document Type: Letter

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