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Needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid and parathyroid
1Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark.
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Aspiration biopsy is the most definitive diagnostic step in the investigation of thyroid masses. The clear fluid from the rare parathyroid cyst should be sent for parathyroid hormone assay. Guided fine-needle aspiration identifies parathyroid tumors in cases in which reexploration is necessary.