Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma: the Turin proposal for the use of uniform diagnostic criteria and an algorithmic diagnostic approach.

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Published in Am J Surg Pathol on August 01, 2007

Authors

Marco Volante1, Paola Collini, Yuri E Nikiforov, Atsuhiko Sakamoto, Kennichi Kakudo, Ryohei Katoh, Ricardo V Lloyd, Virginia A LiVolsi, Mauro Papotti, Manuel Sobrinho-Simoes, Gianni Bussolati, Juan Rosai

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences at San Luigi Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. marco.volante@unito.it

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