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Fine Needle Biopsy Versus Core Needle Biopsy Combined With/Without Thyroglobulin or BRAF 600E Mutation Assessment for Detecting Cervical Nodal Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2021
Zhang Xiaojun, Zhang Xu, Du Wei, Dai Liyuan, Luo Ruihua, Fang Qigen, Ge Hong
Abstract excerpt
Objectives: To analyze the diagnostic benefit of fine needle aspiration biopsy cytology (FNAB-C) and core needle biopsy tissue (CNB-T) with the addition of thyroglobulin (Tg) in the washout of the needle or BRAF V600E mutation assessment in assessing cervical lymph node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Materials and Methods: A total of 186 lymph nodes were punctured by fine or core needle. The...
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