Group consensus review minimizes the diagnosis of "follicular lesion of undetermined significance" and improves cytohistologic concordance

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1037-1042

  Jing, Xin ^a   Knoepp, Stewart M ^a   Roh, Michael H ^a   Hookim, Kim ^a   Placido, Jeremiah ^a   Davenport, Robertson ^a   Rasche, Rodolfo ^a   Michael, Claire W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

consensus review; cytohistologic concordance; FNA; follicular lesion of undetermined significance; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLICULAR LESION OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC THYROIDITIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID HYPERPLASIA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84869490543     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21702     Document Type: Review

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