Reclassifying formerly indeterminate thyroid FNAs using the bethesda system reduces the number of inconclusive cases

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-129

  Song, Ju Young ^a   Chu, Young Chae ^a   Kim, Lucia ^a   Park, In Suh ^a   Han, Jee Young ^a   Kim, Joon Mee ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology; Fine needle aspiration; Indeterminate diagnosis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BETHESDA SYSTEM FOR REPORTING THYROID CYTOPATHOLOGY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; THYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; THYROID NODULE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84863282637     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334200     Document Type: Article

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