Atypical follicular cells with equivocal features of papillary thyroid carcinoma is not a low-risk cytologic diagnosis

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 526-530

  Luu, Martin H ^a   Fischer, Andrew H ^a   Stockl, Thomas J ^a   Pisharodi, Latha ^b   Owens, Christopher L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical follicular cells; Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology; Thyroid cytology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

EID: 83455246386     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333227     Document Type: Article

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