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Malignant Mucous Cells in a Thyroid Aspirate: Looking for a Source

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  1. Institute of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 25, CH-1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Sara Fontanella, Massimo Bongiovanni & Antoine Nobile

  2. Department of Surgical and Morphological Sciences, University of Insubria, Via O. Rossi 9, I-21100, Varese, Italy

    Silvia Uccella

  3. Institute of Pathology, Via in Selva 24, CH-6600, Locarno, Switzerland

    Luca Mazzucchelli

  4. Division of Medical Oncology, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland

    Vittoria Espeli

  5. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Thyroid Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Viale Officina 3, CH-6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland

    Luca Giovanella

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Fontanella, S., Bongiovanni, M., Nobile, A. et al. Malignant Mucous Cells in a Thyroid Aspirate: Looking for a Source. Endocr Pathol 27, 79–82 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-015-9397-0

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