Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of secondary neoplasms of the thyroid gland: A multi‐institutional study of 62 cases
Pusztaszeri M, Wang H, Cibas ES, Powers CN, Bongiovanni M, Ali S, Khurana KK, Michaels PJ, Faquin WC. Fine‐needle aspiration biopsy of secondary neoplasms of the thyroid gland: A multi‐institutional study of 62 cases. Cancer Cytopathology 2014, 123: 19-29. PMID: 25369542, DOI: 10.1002/cncy.21494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine-needle aspiration biopsySquamous cell carcinomaThyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsySecondary neoplasmsAncillary studiesAspiration biopsyThyroid glandAccuracy of FNABMean patient ageMean tumor sizeUnknown primary siteUseful ancillary studiesMulti-institutional studyPatient ageInitial diagnosisTumor sizeCell carcinomaClinical historyPrimary tumorMedical recordsDiagnostic difficultiesMean intervalCystic carcinomaPrimary siteAdenocarcinoma