Thyroid frozen section: Supplementary or unnecessary?

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-286

  Antic, Tatjana ^a   Taxy, Jerome B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration; frozen section; thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLAND; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872843396     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318267aee6     Document Type: Article

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