Diagnostic value of liquid-based (Liqui-PREP) preparations and interobserver reproducibility in fine needle aspiration cytology of the nodular thyroid lesions

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-393

  Tetikkurt, U S ^a   Oz Puyan, F ^b   Oz, F ^c   Erdogan, N ^a   Ceylan, S ^a   Yakupoglu, A ^d  

^a Taksim Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Deutsches Krankenhaus Universal Hospital Group Taksim   (Turkey)

^d Acibadem Maslak Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration; interobserver variability; Liqui PREP; liquid based cytology; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUIPREP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; THYROID NODULE;

ADENOMA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASM GRADING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84860644473     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21658     Document Type: Review

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