Cytological features of clear cell thyroid tumors, including a papillary thyroid carcinoma with prominent hobnail features

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 757-761

  Yang, Grace C H ^a   Fried, Karen ^b   Scognamiglio, Theresa ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Lenox Hill Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

clear cell follicular carcinoma; clear cell papillary thyroid carcinoma; fine needle aspiration; lipid rich follicular carcinoma; primary clear cell thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD103 ANTIGEN; GLYCOGEN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DISTANT METASTASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

CLEAR CELL FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; CLEAR CELL PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; LIPID-RICH FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; PRIMARY CLEAR CELL THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84883142593     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.22935     Document Type: Article

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