Follicular thyroid carcinoma mimicking meningioma: A case report

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-84

  Buandasan, Krishnalatha ^a   Hussein, Adil ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dural metastases; Follicular thyroid carcinoma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATITIS; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL SURGERY; SKULL TUMOR; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84856860372     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(12)60021-8     Document Type: Article

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