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Occult thyroid cancer discovered by fine-needle aspiration cytology of cervical lymph node: A report of three cases
- Source :
- Diagnostic Cytopathology. 7:299-303
- Publication Year :
- 1991
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1991.
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Abstract
- Three cases of occult thyroid cancer measuring 10, 6, and 3 mm in diameter were discovered by fine-needle aspiration cytology of cervical lymph nodes. In these three cases, thyroid tumors were not palpable, and scintigraphic, echographic, and soft-tissue radiologic examinations demonstrated no abnormalities of the thyroid glands. Cytologically, the presence of intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions, nuclear grooves, and colloid was characteristic in aspirated materials. Histologically, all three cases were diagnosed as papillary carcinoma. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of cervical lymph node was very useful to find occult carcinoma of the thyroid gland.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Histology
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Fine needle aspiration cytology
medicine
Humans
Thyroid Neoplasms
Lymph node
Thyroid cancer
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Biopsy, Needle
Thyroid
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Occult
Carcinoma, Papillary
medicine.anatomical_structure
Fine-needle aspiration
Head and Neck Neoplasms
Cervical lymph nodes
Lymphatic Metastasis
Cervical ganglia
Female
Lymph Nodes
Radiology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10970339 and 87551039
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diagnostic Cytopathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b29ffaee6ffa11b7984e1b126469484d