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Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

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Abstract

In this chapter, most benign and malignant lesions of thyroid gland are discussed in detail based on extensive experience in ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy. We turn special attention to sample processing, metastatic cancers masquerading as primary thyroid tumor, and to the clinical utility of quantitative DNA image-cytometric analysis. Potential diagnostic pitfalls of aspirates from parathyroidal lesions are emphasized.

Diagnostic algorithms of benign and malignant thyroid/parathyroidal lesions in cytologic aspirates and respective differential diagnoses are additionally presented in a synoptic setup.

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Spieler, P., Rössle, M. (2012). Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. In: Nongynecologic Cytopathology. Essentials of Diagnostic Pathology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24719-4_4

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