Difference between revisions of "Thyroid cytopathology"

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=Normal parathyroid cytology=
=Normal parathyroid cytology=
{{Main|Parathyroid gland}}
*May be confused with thyroid - single definitively separates them.<ref name=pmid11891946/>
*May be confused with thyroid - single definitively separates them.<ref name=pmid11891946/>
*FNAs are not useful for parathyroid lesions;<ref name=pmid19283690/> however, a parathyroid may be sampled inadvertently.


Chief cells:<ref name=pmid11891946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Absher | first1 = KJ. | last2 = Truong | first2 = LD. | last3 = Khurana | first3 = KK. | last4 = Ramzy | first4 = I. | title = Parathyroid cytology: avoiding diagnostic pitfalls. | journal = Head Neck | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 157-64 | month = Feb | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11891946 }}</ref>
Chief cells:<ref name=pmid11891946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Absher | first1 = KJ. | last2 = Truong | first2 = LD. | last3 = Khurana | first3 = KK. | last4 = Ramzy | first4 = I. | title = Parathyroid cytology: avoiding diagnostic pitfalls. | journal = Head Neck | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 157-64 | month = Feb | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 11891946 }}</ref>
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