Classical and follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma: Comparison of clinical, ultrasonographical, cytological, and histopathological features in 444 patients

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Ozdemir, Didem ^a,b   Ersoy, Reyhan ^a   Cuhaci, Neslihan ^a   Arpaci, Dilek ^a   Ersoy, Eren P ^a   Korukluoglu, Birol ^a   Guler, Gulnur ^a   Cakir, Bekir ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ceyhun Atuf Kansu Cad   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Classical variant; Follicular variant; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Suspicious cytology; Tumoral characteristics; Ultrasonographical features

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CLASSICAL VARIANT PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR VARIANT PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051675335     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: 15590097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-011-9160-0     Document Type: Article

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