Appropriate and accurate diagnosis of thyroid nodules: A review of thyroid fine-needle aspiration

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 413-422

  Hambleton, Catherine ^a   Kandil, Emad ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bethesda criteria; Fine needle aspiration; Thyroid cancer; Thyroid nodule

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84879994988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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