Open AccessBenign Follicular Thyroid Nodule Composed of Signet‐ring‐like Cells with PAS‐negative Thyroglobulin Accumulation in Dilatated Rough Endoplasmic Reticulums
Author(s) -
Mochizuki Makoto,
Saito Ken,
Kanazawa Kyotaro
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta patholigica japonica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 74
ISSN - 0001-6632
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1992.tb03084.x
Subject(s) - endoplasmic reticulum , golgi apparatus , cytoplasm , thyroglobulin , pathology , nodule (geology) , mucin , signet ring cell , follicular phase , thyroid , chemistry , medicine , biology , cancer , adenocarcinoma , biochemistry , paleontology
A benign follicular thyroid nodule composed of signet‐ringlike cells in a 46 year old Japanese euthyroid woman is reported. Thyroglobulin was positive, and periodic acid‐Schiff (PAS) and other mucin stainings were negative in the cytoplasm of signet‐ring‐like cells. Ultrastructually their cytoplasm contained many dilatated rough endoplasmic reticulums (rERs), the largest of which compressed the nucleus toward the cellular apical portion. Functional disturbance of rER or Golgi apparatus might be the cause of this characteristic cellular change.