'Indeterminate for malignancy' (Tir3/Thy3 in the Italian and British systems for classification) thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology reporting: Morphological criteria and clinical impact

Cytopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 170-176

  Pagni, F ^a   Prada, M ^a   Goffredo, P ^b   Isimbaldi, G ^a   Crippa, S ^c   Di Bella, C ^b   Leone, B E ^b   Capra, Maurizio ^b   Colombo, Manuela ^b   Perego, Rita ^b   Pincelli, Angela Ida ^b   Perotti, Mario ^b   Grassi, Guido ^d   Colombo, Giovanni ^b   Giannobi, Paolo ^b   Scardilli, Marcella ^b   Giardini, Vittorio ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration; FNA; Follicular lesions; Indeterminate cytology; Systems for reporting thyroid cytopathology; Thy3; Thyroid tumours; Tir3

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETHESDA SYSTEM; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID FOLLICULAR ADENOMA; THYROID GLAND; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL; THYROIDITIS; CLASSIFICATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE;

EID: 84900798629     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12085     Document Type: Article

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