The Role of CD56 in Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: A Pilot Study Performed on Liquid Based Cytology.

BACKGROUND:Fine needle aspiration Cytology (FNAC) fulfills a reliable role in the evaluation of thyroid lesions. Although the majority of nodules are quite easily diagnosed as benign or malignant, 30% of them represent an indeterminate category whereby the application of ancillary techniques (i.e. i...

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Main Authors: Tommaso Bizzarro, Maurizio Martini, Carla Marrocco, Donato D'Amato, Emanuela Traini, Celestino Pio Lombardi, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Guido Fadda, Luigi Maria Larocca, Esther Diana Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4505897?pdf=render