Open AccessFNAC diagnosis of medullary carcinoma thyroid: A report of three cases with review of literature
Author(s) -
Ghazala Mehdi,
Veena Maheshwari,
Hena A Ansari,
Lubna Sadaf,
Mohammad Amanullah Khan
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0970-9371.70745
Subject(s) - medicine , medullary cavity , thyroid , medullary carcinoma , pathology , thyroid carcinoma , fine needle aspiration cytology , cytology , neoplasm , radiology
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is an unusual neoplasm, which is associated with specific supportive diagnostic markers. Despite this, its cytological diagnosis is often difficult. We report herewith three cases of medullary thyroid carcinoma. The diagnosis was established on fine-needle aspiration cytology. Plasmacytoid cell pattern was observed in two cases and spindle cell pattern in the third case.