title: Diagnosis: Thyroglobulin in fine-needle aspirates-a clue to metastasis?
abstract: Clinical investigation of enlarged, local lymph nodes after surgery for papillary thyroid carcinoma is problematic. Use of the fine-needle aspiration thyroglobulin assay could help to identify patients whose disease has progressed to lymph-node metastasis.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Costante
authors.forename: Sebastiano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Filetti
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013954:Thyroglobulin; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D013954:Thyroglobulin