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Thymoma mimicking thyroid papillary carcinoma: Another pitfall in fine‐needle aspiration
Author(s) -
Oertel Yolanda C.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199707)17:1<61::aid-dc13>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - thymoma , medicine , pathology , differential diagnosis , fine needle aspiration , lymphoma , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid , thymic carcinoma , papillary carcinoma , carcinoma , thyroid lymphoma , thymus neoplasm , biopsy , thyroiditis , disease
Thymomas are composed of a mixture of epithelial and lymphoid cells. When the lymphoid cells predominate, the possibility of malignant lymphoma must be considered. Recently, a thymoma mimicking lymphoblastic lymphoma was reported in this journal as a diagnostic pitfall in a mediastinal aspiration. We encountered another diagnostic pitfall at the other end of the spectrum: a thymoma with a dominant epithelial component in which a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid had to be considered in the differential diagnosis. Diagn. Cytopathol. 17:61–63, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.