%0 Journal Article
%T Measurement of Thyroglobulin Levels in Fine-Needle Aspiration Samples of Lymph Nodes
%A U£¿ur ¨¹nl¨¹t¨¹rk
%A £¿zg¨¹r Demir
%A Murat Faik Erdo£¿an
%A Nilg¨¹n Ba£¿kal
%J Turkish Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
%D 2011
%I Galenos Yayincilik
%X Either recurrence or regional metastasis of differentiated thyroid carcinomas is often observed in cervical lymph nodes. Consequently, cytologic evaluation accompanied by fine-needle aspiration biopsy is applied to most of the suspected lymph nodes. Considering insufficient cellularity, poor sampling or the lack of competence of the cytologist, 20-50% of samples remain undiagnosed. Measurement of thyroglobulin levels in fine-needle aspi
%K Thyroglobulin washout
%K lymph node
%U http://www.turkjem.org/eng/makale/742/70/Full-Text