Diagnosis: Thyroglobulin in fine-needle aspirates-a clue to metastasis?
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.
Costante
Giuseppe
G
Filetti
Sebastiano
S
D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013954:Thyroglobulin; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications
D013954:Thyroglobulin