Ultrasound Findings of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Review of 113 Consecutive Cases with Histopathologic Correlation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1681-1688

  Wang, Yong ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Wang, Yi Xiang J ^b   Feng, Xiao Li ^a   Zhao, Feng ^b   Zou, Shuang Mei ^a   Hao, Yu Zhi ^a   Ying, Jian Ming ^a   Zhou, Chun Wu ^a  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Boundary; Cystic degeneration; Echogenicity; Halo sign; Microcalcification; Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma; Psammoma body; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; CYSTIC DEGENERATION; ECHOGENICITY; HALO SIGN; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; PAPILLARY THYROID MICROCARCINOMA; PSAMMOMA BODY;

TISSUE;

ULTRASONICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; COLLOID; CYST; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; MICROSCOPY; PAPILLARY THYROID MICROCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; PSEUDOCAPSULE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THYROID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865793750     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.05.019     Document Type: Article

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