The Bethesda system for reporting thyroid cytopathology: An experience of 1,382 cases in a community practice setting with the implication for risk of neoplasm and risk of malignancy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-403

  Her Juing Wu, Howard ^a   Rose, Crystal ^b   Elsheikh, Tarik M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cytology; fine needle aspiration; malignancy; neoplasm; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; BETHESDA SYSTEM; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID ATYPIA OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOMA, OXYPHILIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860647871     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21754     Document Type: Article

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