The reliability of thyroid nodule ultrasound features and size to predict malignancy in fine needle aspiration specimens: Practical utility for the evaluating pathologist

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 471-477

  Samulski, T Danielle ^a   Shutty, Christopher ^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; prognosis; size; thyroid neoplasms; thyroid nodule; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONCOCYTIC FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGIST; POORLY DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ADENOCARCINOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA, FOLLICULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928634257     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.23262     Document Type: Article

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