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Tall cell variant papillary thyroid carcinoma in Saudi patients

A clinicopathological and outcomes analysis

Khalid H. Al-Qahtani, Mutahir A. Tunio, Mushabbab Al Asiri, Yasser Bayoumi, Walaa A. Alshehri, Naji J. Aljohani, Ahmed Amir Ali and Hanadi Fatani
Saudi Medical Journal November 2016, 37 (11) 1220-1224; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.15480
Khalid H. Al-Qahtani
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
MSc, FRCSc
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Mutahir A. Tunio
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
MBBS, FCPS
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  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Mushabbab Al Asiri
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Yasser Bayoumi
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Walaa A. Alshehri
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Naji J. Aljohani
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Ahmed Amir Ali
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Hanadi Fatani
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery (Al-Qahtani), College of Medicine (Alshehri), King Saud University, the Department of Radiation Oncology (Tunio, Al Asiri, Ali), the Department of Histopathology (Fatani), Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department Endocrinology and Thyroid Oncology (Aljohani), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Radiation Oncology (Bayoumi), National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2016, 37 (11) 1220-1224; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.11.15480
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