Diagnostic dilemmas of hyalinizing trabecular tumours on fine needle aspiration cytology: A study of seven cases with BRAF mutation analysis

Cytopathology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 407-413

  Kim, T ^a   Oh, Y L ^a   Kim, K M ^a   Shin, J H ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BRAF mutation; Fine needle aspiration; Hyalinizing trabecular tumour; MIB 1; Thyroid cytology

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; CALCITONIN; HYALIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCIFICATION; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINIZING TRABECULAR TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINDLE CELL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81355138744     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2011.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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