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==Resident Questions==
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* Lymphocytic thyroiditis (Hashimoto thyroiditis). </spoiler>
 
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==Cytologic Features==
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* Hurthle cells with intermingled lymphocytes.
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* Often colloid is rare or absent.
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* Large lymphoid aggregates with germinal centers.
  
  

Latest revision as of 19:47, 10 January 2014

Clinical History

45 year old female with hypothyroidism.

Cytology

Resident Questions


Cytologic Features

  • Hurthle cells with intermingled lymphocytes.
  • Often colloid is rare or absent.
  • Large lymphoid aggregates with germinal centers.