Papillary thyroid carcinoma with hobnail features: Histopathologic criteria to predict aggressive behavior

Human Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 320-328

  Asioli, Sofia ^a   Erickson, Lori A ^b   Righi, Alberto ^a   Lloyd, Ricardo V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hobnail; Papillary carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84873706673     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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