Fine Needle Aspiration Cytoloy of Poorly Differentiated "Insular" Carcinoma of the Thyroid: A Case Report.
- Author:
Hee Jung LEE
1
;
Kyung Shin PARK
;
Young Shin KIM
;
Kyo Young LEE
;
Chang Suck KANG
;
Sang In SHIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, The Catholic University of Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Poorly differentiated "insular" carcinoma;
Thyroid;
Fine needle aspiration cytology
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle*;
Chromatin;
Cytoplasm;
Thyroid Gland*
- From:Korean Journal of Cytopathology
1998;9(1):117-122
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cytologic features of a poorly differentiated "insular" carcinoma of the thyroid are presented. In fine needle aspiration cytology, the aspirates were highly cellular and tumor cells were arranged in loose clusters or singly dispersed on focally necrotic background. Occasional microfollicles were evident. The tumor cells had poorly defined, scanty cytoplasm and most of the nuclei were fairly uniform with coarse chromatin pattern. A few large pleomorphic cells were also noted. The cytologic findings of the present case were correlated well with the histologic findings, which showed typical insular pattern and the presence of uniform cells with occasional pleomorphism.
