Article
Polymerase chain reaction-based microsatellite polymorphism analysis of follicular and Hürthle cell neoplasms of the thyroid.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jun 1998
Segev D L, Saji M, Phillips G S, Westra W H, Takiyama Y, Piantadosi S, Smallridge R C, Nishiyama R H, Udelsman R, Zeiger M A
Abstract excerpt
Follicular and Hürthle cell carcinomas of the thyroid cannot be differentiated from adenomas by either preoperative fine needle aspiration or intraoperative frozen section examination, and yet there exist potentially significant differences in the recommended surgical management. We examined, by...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular
- Adenoma, Oxyphilic
- Alleles
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Thyroid Neoplasms