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Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland with lipomatous stroma: report of a peculiar histological type of thyroid tumour
Author(s) -
VESTFRID M. A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
histopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.626
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1365-2559
pISSN - 0309-0167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2559.1986.tb02464.x
Subject(s) - thyroid , papillary carcinoma , pathology , stroma , adipose tissue , carcinoma , medicine , thyroid carcinoma , immunohistochemistry
The author reports a case of a 53‐year‐old woman with a slowly growing thyroid papillary carcinoma. Microscopically the presence of adult adipose tissue was detected in numerous papillae. The recognition of this histological type as a new variety of papillary carcinoma is proposed.