Open AccessThyroid FNAC containing hürthle cells and hürthle-like cells: A study of 128 cases
Author(s) -
Aylin Yazgan,
Serdar Balcı,
Nazmiye Dinçer,
Pamir Eren Ersoy,
Dilek Tüzün,
Reyhan Ersoy,
Çiğdem Irkkan,
Bekir Çakır,
Gülnur Güler
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.190447
Subject(s) - malignancy , medicine , pathology , cytology
It is a diagnostic challenge to differentiate benign and malignant cytology in the presence of Hürthle cells. In our previous study, it was determined that in fine needle aspirations (FNA), the malignancy outcome of the Hürthle cells containing group tend to be papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in a higher percentage. The most common misinterpretation is caused by PTC cells with large cytoplasm-like Hürthle cells. The aim of this study is to predict histologic outcome of the nodules, which have Hürthle cells in FNA according to cytological, clinical features, and BRAF V600E mutation status.