… , the antibody also was effective in detecting papillary carcinoma in alcohol fixed and air-dried
smears. The single false-positive case was a follicular adenoma with focal areas of …

… been observed in various thyroid carcinomas, more frequently in the papillary subtype.8
However, … accuracy to be used alone in correctly diagnosing an encapsulated thyroid neoplasm. …

… Direct smears were made in all case, and all were alcohol-fixed … Core-needle biopsy was
also available in ∼400 cases. … for papillary thyroid carcinoma is strongly correlated with tumor …

… Aspirates with insufficient cellularity or poor-quality smears … Fine-needle aspiration of the
thyroid is highly specific in the … such as papillary carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma. Although …

… and 1 case (2%) each of anaplastic carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma. (Table 3) …
and the FNA smears both were equally scored. The papillary carcinoma was diagnosed only …

… surgery in cases of papillary cancer. Because of the low rate of definitive diagnosis of
thyroid cancer currently reported based on LBC compared with smears, FNA including smear …

… diagnosis of malignancy in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Thus, … papillary thyroid carcinomas
in 2000 fine-needle aspirations. … papillary thyroid carcinomas in 2101 fine-needle aspirations. …

… Solid variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma is a rare subtype of papillary thyroid carcinoma
(… would affect pre-operative cytological findings, we compared FNA smears of the major-SC …

… The tissue fluid droplet was smeared in the conventional manner and stained with a …
experience in thyroid cancer surgery. Our evaluation of early diagnosis by needle biopsy needs a …

… A total of 53 fine-needle aspirate samples from patients diagnosed with suspected
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) were included prospectively. These aspirates were …