Encapsulated Insular Carcinoma of the Thyroid Arising in Graves’ Disease: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 636-639

  Foroughi, Forough ^a   Saadat, Navid ^a   Salehian, Mohammad Taghi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

hyperthyroidism; insular thyroid carcinoma; Iran; poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LUNG TUMOR; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK DISSECTION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84875601668     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: 19402465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896912449688     Document Type: Article

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