Open Access<p>Multiple Auer Rods in Fine-Needle Aspiration Smears of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: An Unusual Finding</p>
Author(s) -
Maryam Mohammadnia Avval,
Perikala V. Kumar,
Fereydoon Dehghani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international medical case reports journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1179-142X
DOI - 10.2147/imcrj.s244905
Subject(s) - medicine , fine needle aspiration , medullary cavity , cytology , pathology , thyroid nodules , thyroid , thyroid carcinoma , histology , cytopathology , medullary carcinoma , nodule (geology) , biopsy , malignancy , biology , paleontology
Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare tumor. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is a popular method for the preoperative diagnosis of MTC.