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Fine needle aspiration cytodiagnosis of anaplastic carcinoma and malignant haemangioendothelioma of the thyroid in an endemic goitre area
Author(s) -
LUZE T.,
TÖTSCH M.,
BANGERL I.,
HITTMAIR A.,
SANDBICHLER P.,
LADURNER D.,
SCHMID K. W.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1365-2303
pISSN - 0956-5507
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2303.1990.tb00364.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anaplastic carcinoma , thyroid , fine needle aspiration , pathology , anaplastic thyroid cancer , carcinoma , thyroid carcinoma , biopsy , thyroid cancer
Between 1970 and 1987,20 028 fine needle aspirates (FNA) of the thyroid have been examined in the Department of Pathology of the University of Innsbruck, Austria. During this period 92 cases of anaplastic carcinoma and 16 cases of malignant haemangioendothelioma (MHE) of the thyroid were diagnosed. Forty‐three out of these 108 highly malignant tumours of the thyroid underwent FNA pre‐operatively (39.1%). Thirty‐seven FNA contained numerous cells of a highly malignant tumour. Five specimens (11.8%) contained only necrotic material and inflammatory cells. In one case of an anaplastic carcinoma no malignant cells could be demonstrated in FNA. We conclude that pre‐operative FNA of highly malignant thyroid tumours may contribute substantially to subsequent clinical management.