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Simultaneous medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland and Hodgkin's lymphoma in bilateral lymph nodes of the neck: A potential pitfall in fine‐needle aspiration cytology
Author(s) -
AcostaOrtega Jesús,
MontalbánRomero Socorro,
GarcíaSolano José,
SánchezSánchez Carlos,
PérezGuillermo Miguel
Publication year - 2004
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/dc.20120
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , pathology , lymphoma , lymph , cervical lymph nodes , cytology , cytopathology , medullary carcinoma , medullary cavity , carcinoma , fine needle aspiration , thyroid carcinoma , biopsy , cancer , metastasis
The clinicopathological features and the cytological findings of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and medullary carcinoma (MC) of the thyroid gland are described appearing simultaneously in different organs of the cervical region of the same patient. Although the cytological features of both entities are well known, the rare clinical presentation and the epithelium‐like Hodgkin and Reed‐Sternberg (HRS) cells of the syncytial variant of HL led to an erroneous cytological diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2004;31:255–258. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.