PURPOSE: To assess the utility of color Doppler sonography in the differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty patients with thyroid nodules(10 cases of follicular adenoma, 12 of adenomatous hyperplasia, 21 of papillary adenocarcinoma, and 7 of follicular adenocarcinoma) were analyzed. Colour signal analysis was performed by inspecting the signals in and around the nodules, and these were graded from 0 to III according to the degree of vascularity in internal and marginal blood flow. Peak systoic velocity (PSV) and resistive index (RI) in internal vascularity were used to analyse the flow signal. RESULTS: Internal colorsignals of malignant lesions tended to be high grade, whereas those of benign lesions tended to be low grade, with statistical significance(P<0.05). In spectral wave analysis, correlation between PSV and malignancy of thyroid nodules was statistically significant(P<0.05). The value of RI did not correlate with the malignancy of nodules, but tended to show a meaningful difference. CONCLUSIONS: Although further studies may be required, color Dopplersonography using color signal analysis and flow signals analysis is a useful imaging modality for the differentiation of benign and malignant lesions of thyroid nodules.
Adenocarcinoma, Papillary ; Adenoma ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Nodule*

No abstract available.
Adenocarcinoma, Papillary*

No abstract available.
Adenocarcinoma* ; Adenocarcinoma, Papillary ; Stomach

Endometrial papillary serous carcinoma (EPSC) is a distinct variant of endometrial adenocarcinoma that histologically resembles ovarian serous papillary adenocarcinoma and has an aggressive clinical course. Usually, the tumor is diagnosed at the advanced stage. The tumor has well confused with metastatic ovarian tumor of identical histology. Diagnosis of EPSC should be considered when the cervico-vaginal smear reveals numerous papillary clusters of tumor cells with macronucleoli and psammoma bodies. Recently, we have experienced two cases of EPSC diagnosed on cervico-vaginal smears, which revealed characteristic cytologic features including numerous papillary clusters of tumor cells with macronucleoli. The cytologic diagnoses were confirmed on histologic sections.
Adenocarcinoma ; Adenocarcinoma, Papillary ; Diagnosis

Adenocarcinoma, Follicular ; metabolism ; pathology ; Adenoma, Chromophobe ; metabolism ; pathology ; Adenoma, Oxyphilic ; metabolism ; pathology ; Angiomyoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; metabolism ; Carcinoma, Papillary ; metabolism ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Renal Cell ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology ; ultrastructure ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Kidney Neoplasms ; classification ; metabolism ; pathology ; ultrastructure ; Thyroid Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology

Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) includes early development of up to thousands of colorectal adenoma and of colonic adenocarcinoma in all untreated cases. Moreover, a variety of extracolonic manifestation are seen. Several reports have demontrated a high incidence of papillry carcinoma of thyroid. We experienced a case of familial adenomatous polyposis, presenting with thyoid papillry carcinoma, and reported with a brief review of literatures.
Adenocarcinoma ; Adenoma ; Adenomatous Polyposis Coli* ; Carcinoma, Papillary* ; Colon ; Incidence ; Thyroid Gland* ; Thyroid Neoplasms

Biliary papillomatosis (BP) is an extremely rare condition that's characterized by multicenteric proliferations of adenomatous epithelium within the large bile ducts. Although BP is basically a collection of benign papillary adenoma, papillary adenocarcinoma can develop within these lesions, and it has a tendency to spread supericially along the bile duct mucosa. Such a malignancy is rare, but the prognosis is poor if it is impossible to completely remove the tumor. We report here on one case of multiple biliary papillomatosis in the biliary tree.
Adenocarcinoma, Papillary ; Adenoma ; Bile Ducts ; Biliary Tract ; Epithelium ; Mucous Membrane ; Papilloma* ; Prognosis

No abstract available.
ACTH Syndrome, Ectopic* ; Carcinoid Tumor* ; Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous* ; Neuroendocrine Tumors

No abstract available.
Adenocarcinoma, Papillary* ; Thyroid Gland*

Carcinoid tumor in the stomach is neuroendocrine tumor originated from enterochromaffin cells in submucosa in the stomach. It is very rare, account for 0.3% of gastric tumor. It is likely to be demonstrated with other tumor in the stomach simultaneously, such as adenocarcinoma. According to paper published in Korea, it is only 4 cases that gastric carcinoid combined with other gastric tumors have been reported. But there has been no reports of gastric carcinoid combined with gastric adenoma, such as our cases. We report 3 cases of gastric carcinoid tumor combined with atypical adenoma, with review of paper presented.
Adenocarcinoma ; Adenoma* ; Carcinoid Tumor* ; Enterochromaffin Cells ; Korea ; Neuroendocrine Tumors ; Stomach