Fine-needle aspiration of follicular patterned lesions of the thyroid: Diagnosis, management, and follow-up according to thyroid bethesda system

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-369

  Üstün, Hüseyin ^a   Astarci, Hesna Müzeyyen ^a   Altunkaya, Canan ^a   Ylmaz, Srma ^a   Barn, Ahmet ^a   Ekici, Serap ^a   Çaydere, Muzaffer ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bethesda; Fine needle aspiration; Follicular patterned lesions; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84864203773     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338218     Document Type: Article

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