Fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules in a general teaching hospital setting performing moderate number of biopsies: Outcome of indeterminate cytologic results [PDF]
Introduction: Our aim was to assess the usefulness of fine-needle aspiration cytologic biopsy (FNA) of the thyroid in our general teaching hospital with average health care facility performing moderate number of such procedures and to evaluate the ...
Azarhoush, R. +2 more
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Frequency and significance of Ras, Tert promoter, and Braf mutations in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules: A monocentric case series at a tertiary-level Endocrinology unit [PDF]
PurposeThe management of thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology is controversial. Our study aimed to establish the frequency and significance of H-,K-,N-RAS, TERT promoter, and BRAF gene mutations in thyroid nodes of indeterminate cytology and to ...
Barollo, Susi +13 more
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Background To investigate the relationship between cyclin D2 (CCND2) and miR-206 expression in fine-needle aspiration cytology of thyroid carcinoma. Methods A total of 65 patients with thyroid carcinoma were selected as the subjects and 65 patients with ...
Shifa Yuan +4 more
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Chondroid Syringoma and Eccrine Spiradenoma [PDF]
Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a well established diagnostic tool. However, most clinicians prefer to diagnose suspected skin tumors by excisional biopsy as they are easily accessible and hence benign skin adnexal tumors are rarely encountered
Fernandes, H +6 more
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Is thyroid nodule location associated with malignancy risk? [PDF]
PURPOSE: Nodules located in the upper pole of the thyroid may carry a greater risk for malignancy than those in the lower pole. We conducted a study to analyze the risk of malignancy of nodules depending on location.
Biffoni, Marco +9 more
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Fine needle aspiration cytology in leprosy
Laboratory diagnosis of leprosy by slit skin smear and skin biopsy is simple but both techniques have their own limitations. Slit skin smear is negative in paucibacillary cases whereas skin biopsy is an invasive technique. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from skin lesions in leprosy with subsequent staining with May-Grunwald-Giemsa (MGG) stain ...
Prasad, PVS +5 more
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Predictivity of clinical, laboratory and imaging findings in diagnostic definition of palpable thyroid nodules. A multicenter prospective study [PDF]
PURPOSE: To assess the role of clinical, biochemical, and morphological parameters, as added to cytology, for improving pre-surgical diagnosis of palpable thyroid nodules.
Avenia, Nicola +18 more
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Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of thyroid lesions
Background: Fine needle aspiration cytology is regarded as a gold standard investigation in diagnosis of thyroid swellings. This study was carried out to evaluate the role of fine needle aspiration cytology as a diagnostic tool in investigation of ...
S Bhatta, R Makaju, A Mohammad
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A case of primary Hodgkin's lymphoma of the parotid gland. Case report and differentian diagnosis from Kuttner's Syndrom [PDF]
We report a rare case of primary Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) of the submandibular gland, with initially diagnosis of Kuttner’s Syndrom. A 48 years old man was referred to our hospital foe evaluation of a submandibular mass.
Di Cello, P. +8 more
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Grey-scale analysis improves the ultrasonographic evaluation of thyroid nodules [PDF]
Ultrasonography is the main imaging method for the workup of thyroid nodules. However, interobserver agreement reported for echogenicity and echotexture is quite low.
ALESSANDRINI, STEFANIA +10 more
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