Open AccessCutaneous metastasis from follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: A case diagnosed on cytology
Author(s) -
Jayati Chakraborty,
Anjali Bandyopadhyay,
Manoj Choudhuri,
Kalyani Mitra,
Debasish Guha,
Mamata Guha Mallik
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.40414
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , pathology , scalp , papanicolaou stain , thyroid , stain , nodule (geology) , metastasis , cytology , follicular phase , papillary carcinoma , carcinoma , radiology , dermatology , cancer , biology , staining , paleontology , cervical cancer
A 40-year-old woman presented with a scalp swelling. A careful clinical examination revealed a left-sided deep-seated thyroid nodule. Fine needle aspiration from both sites disclosed a microfollicular architectural pattern on Giemsa stain and pale nuclei with nuclear grooves on Papanicolaou stain, indicating the possibility of follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to the scalp. Histologic tissue evaluation confirmed the diagnosis. Thus, a diligent search for nuclear features should be performed to enable a diagnosis of follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma on cytology. This helps in patient management obviating the need for a second surgical intervention.