Research Catalog

Title

Diagnostic pathology and molecular genetics of the thyroid / editors, Yuri E. Nikiforov, Paul W. Biddinger, Lester D.R. Thompson ; drawings by Marina N. Nikiforova and Paul W. Biddinger.

Publication

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2012], ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nikiforov, Yuri.
• Biddinger, Paul W.
• Thompson, Lester D. R.

Description

xi, 436 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Subject

• Thyroid gland > Diagnosis
• Thyroid gland > Molecular aspects
• Pathology, Surgical
• Thyroid Neoplasms > diagnosis
• Molecular Diagnostic Techniques > methods
• Pathology, Surgical > methods
• Thyroid Diseases > diagnosis
• Thyroid Diseases > genetics
• Thyroid Neoplasms > genetics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Normal anatomy and histology -- Embryology and developmental lesions -- Thyroid physiology -- Thyroiditis -- Diffuse and nodular hyperplasia -- Other non-neoplastic disorders -- Thyroid tumors : classification, staging, and general considerations -- Follicular adenoma -- Hyalinizing trabecular tumor -- Follicular carcinoma -- Papillary carcinoma -- Poorly differentiated carcinoma -- Anaplastic (undifferentiated) carcinoma -- Medullary carcinoma -- Rare primary thyroid epithelial tumors -- Rare primary thyroid non-epithelial tumors and tumor-like conditions -- Primary thyroid lymphoma -- Tumors metastatic to the thyroid -- Gross examination -- Principles of molecular diagnostics in thyroid samples -- Molecular testing of thyroid FNA samples.

ISBN

• 9781451114553 (alk. paper)
• 1451114559 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2011045972

OCLC

• ocn760270729
• 760270729
• SCSB-14171627

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries