Cytologically Yours: Unknowns: 201311: Case 4

Clinical HistoryEdit

57 year old female with hypoechoic nodule on ultrasound.

CytologyEdit

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Resident QuestionsEdit

• Diagnosis?

• Medullary carcinoma.

• What syndrome is associated with this entity?

• MEN 2A and MEN 2B.
• 80-90% are sporadic

• What are the immunohistochemical features?

• Immunoreactivity with CEA, TTF1, calcitonin, chromogranin, synaptophysin.
• Negative immunoreactivity with thyroglobulin

• What extracellular material may be associated with this neoplasm?

• Amyloid.