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The Significance of Nuclear Grooves and Phagocytosis In the Diagnosis of Metastatic Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid
Author(s) -
CHETTY R.,
LEARMONTH G. M.,
KALAN M. R.
Publication year - 1991
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.1365-2303.1991.tb00383.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , metastatic lesion , papillary carcinoma , lesion , thyroid carcinoma , thyroid , metastatic carcinoma , carcinoma , radiology , metastasis , cancer
A 57‐year‐old patient presented with a lesion of the iliac bone. Cytological smears prepared from material aspirated from the lesion revealed cells with longitudinal nuclear grooves and haemosiderin within their cytoplasm. These observations led to a diagnosis of metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma which was confirmed by histological examination.