Cytologically Yours: Unknowns: 201311: Case 5: Difference between revisions
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* <spoiler text="Diagnosis?"> | * <spoiler text="Diagnosis?"> | ||
* Follicular neoplasm (Hurthle cell type). </spoiler> | * Follicular neoplasm (Hurthle cell type). </spoiler> | ||
==Cytologic Features== | |||
*Pure Hurthle cell population | |||
*Prominent nucleolus | |||
*Pseudopsammoma bodies (Basophlic structures thought to be colloid, with concentric lamellae) | |||
*Shows either small cell dysplasia (smaller cells with high N/C ratio) or large cell dysplasia (large cells with at least 2x variability in nuclear size) | |||
*No lymphocytes | |||