Update in thyroid fine needle aspiration

Endocrine Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 178-183

  Faquin, William C ^a,b   Bongiovanni, Massimo ^c   Sadow, Peter M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bethesda; Cytology; FNA; Follicular patterned lesions; Poorly differentiated carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, FOLLICULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84855288067     PISSN: 10463976     EISSN: 15590097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12022-011-9182-7     Document Type: Article

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