Medullary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis diagnosed by calcitonin washout from a thyroid nodule

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 644-646

  Mousa, Umut ^a   Gursoy, Alptekin ^b   Ozdemir, Handan ^a   Moray, Gokhan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

calcitonin; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; medullary thyroid carcinoma; washout

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; LEVOTHYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCITONIN WASHOUT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCITONIN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879416561     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21850     Document Type: Article

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