The Korean Journal of Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회지)

The Korean Society for Cytopathology (대한세포병리학회)
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Oxyphilic Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid in Fine Needle Aspiration

갑상선의 호산성 유두상 암종의 세침흡인 세포학적 소견

  • Kim, Young-Min (Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine) ;
  • Gong, Gyung-Yub (Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, On-Ja (Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine)
  • 김영민 (울산대학교 의과대학 병리학 교실) ;
  • 공경엽 (울산대학교 의과대학 병리학 교실) ;
  • 김온자 (울산대학교 의과대학 병리학 교실)
  • Published : 1997.06.30
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Abstract

Oxyphilic (Hurthle) cells have abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasms and occur in both benign and malignant neoplasms of the thyroid gland. Most published studies described mainly oxyphilic tumors of follicular type, and reports on oxyphilic papillary thyroid carcinomas are rare. The oxyphilic variant of papillary carcinoma differs from the classic papillary carcinoma in its more aggressive biological behavior. We report a case of oxyphilic papillary carcinoma exhibiting exclusively oxyphilic cells in a follicular pattern without papillary structures. The pattern of papillary carcinoma was confirmed by fine needle aspiration material and lymph nodal metastasis, both of which revealed typicaled papillary structures with characteristic nuclear features, psammoma bodies, and oxyphilic cytoplasm.

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