The variable pathologic presentations of medullary and micro-medullary thyroid carcinoma: An institutional experience

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 182-185

  Samulski, T Danielle ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a   Montone, Kathleen ^a   Baloch, Zubair ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Size; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION; MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA; SIZE; THYROID;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCITONIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHILADELPHIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893811301     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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