This was illustrated in our case with a large neck mass associated with hyperparathyroidism resembling levels suspicious of malignancy, and hypercalcemic symptoms involving the kidneys and bone. FNA is known to cause reactive changes seen on histology in the thyroid, salivary gland, breast tissue ...
Koenigsberg, chief of the division of breast imaging at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care in Bronx, New York. If symptoms stick around, see a breast surgeon, who can do a biopsy. YOU FEEL… Sudden confusion, headache, nausea or numbness YOUR DOCS USE… Head CT, often the first-...
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Article: The dangers of false-positive and false-negative test results: false-positive results as a function of pretest probability