Thyroid carcinoma metastases to axillary lymph nodes: Report of two rare cases of papillary and medullary thyroid carcinoma and literature review

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Cummings, Amy L ^a   Goldfarb, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPICOLINALDEHYDE THIOSEMICARBAZONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCITONIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LAPATINIB; NAVELBINE; P 7170; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SORAFENIB; THYROGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANDETANIB;

ADULT; ANTISENSE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY MASS; BREAST TUMOR; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEAT INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETABOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84897888574     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP13339.CR     Document Type: Article

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