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. 2020 Jun 8:17:14.
doi: 10.25259/CytoJournal_6_2020. eCollection 2020.

Cytomorphological diagnosis of rapidly growing, hard, non-tender thyroid lesion

Gaurav Singla  1 , Tanisha Singla  1 , Sumanta Das  1 , Rashmi Arora  1 , Swati Singla  1
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Cytomorphological diagnosis of rapidly growing, hard, non-tender thyroid lesion

Gaurav Singla et al. Cytojournal. .
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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(a) Follicular neoplasm showing presence of repetitive prominent microfollicular pattern in a colloid free background (Giemsa, ×40), (b) medullary carcinoma small cell variant showing singly scattered cells with stippled chromatin in a background of magenta-colored amyloid (Giemsa, ×40), (c) papillary carcinoma showing a cellular smear forming syncytial aggregates and sheets focally with a distinct anatomical border and scanty viscous colloid (depicted by black arrow) also known as chewing gum colloid can be seen (Giemsa, ×10), (d) large, oval, and pale nuclei seen with pale powdered chromatin and presence of intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusion (depicted by black arrow) best appreciated in Pap stain (Papanicolaou, ×40).
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
(a) Highly cellular smear with a necrotic background (Giemsa, ×10), (b) giant mononuclear cells present with multilobated nuclei, irregular nuclear membrane, and coarsely clumped chromatin (Giemsa, ×40), (c) multinucleated cells (depicted by black arrow) present along with presence of necrosis (as depicted by orange arrow) (Giemsa, ×40), (d) abnormal mitosis (depicted by black arrow) can be appreciated in a background of highly pleomorphic malignant cells (Giemsa, ×40).
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