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Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Its Variants in Fine Needle Aspiration Smears

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Its Variants in Fine Needle Aspiration Smears Acta Cytologica Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Its Variants in Fine Needle Aspiration Smears A Cytomorphologic Study with Special Reference to Tall Cell Variant Dilip K. Das, MBBS, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., FRCPath., M.I.A.C., Mrinmay K. Mallik, MBBS, M.D., Prem Sharma, M.Sc., Ph.D., Zaffar A. Sheikh, MBBS, DCP, F.I.A.C., Pulickamattathil A. Mathew, M.Sc., PGDCA, Mehraj Sheikh, MBBS, M.D., FRCR, Kahvic Mirza, M.D., Ph.D., John P. Madda, MBBCh, FRCPath., Issam M. Francis, MBBS, FRCPath., and Thamradeen A. Junaid, MBBS, Ph.D., FRCPath. OBJECTIVE: To study the fied into variants, and the fine needle aspiration (FNA) Since TCV is the most aggressive frequency of well-known cytologic features of papil- morphologic criteria was variant of PTC, the group with lary thyroid carcinoma determined. Four parame- significant tall cell component (PTC) with special reference ters were quantitatively ana- to its tall cell variant (TCV), lyzed based on a study of (10–29%)...requires a watchful which is the most aggressive 200 consecutive neoplas- approach due to its of the variants. tic follicular cells: shape of STUDYDESIGN: Fifty- cells, color of cytoplasm, in- biologic behavior. four PTC cases were classi- tranuclear cytoplasmic in- From the Departments of Pathology and Radiology and Health Sciences Computer Center, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Cytologica Karger

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Its Variants in Fine Needle Aspiration Smears

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Karger
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© 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel
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0001-5547
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1938-2650
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10.1159/000326381
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Acta Cytologica Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Its Variants in Fine Needle Aspiration Smears A Cytomorphologic Study with Special Reference to Tall Cell Variant Dilip K. Das, MBBS, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., FRCPath., M.I.A.C., Mrinmay K. Mallik, MBBS, M.D., Prem Sharma, M.Sc., Ph.D., Zaffar A. Sheikh, MBBS, DCP, F.I.A.C., Pulickamattathil A. Mathew, M.Sc., PGDCA, Mehraj Sheikh, MBBS, M.D., FRCR, Kahvic Mirza, M.D., Ph.D., John P. Madda, MBBCh, FRCPath., Issam M. Francis, MBBS, FRCPath., and Thamradeen A. Junaid, MBBS, Ph.D., FRCPath. OBJECTIVE: To study the fied into variants, and the fine needle aspiration (FNA) Since TCV is the most aggressive frequency of well-known cytologic features of papil- morphologic criteria was variant of PTC, the group with lary thyroid carcinoma determined. Four parame- significant tall cell component (PTC) with special reference ters were quantitatively ana- to its tall cell variant (TCV), lyzed based on a study of (10–29%)...requires a watchful which is the most aggressive 200 consecutive neoplas- approach due to its of the variants. tic follicular cells: shape of STUDYDESIGN: Fifty- cells, color of cytoplasm, in- biologic behavior. four PTC cases were classi- tranuclear cytoplasmic in- From the Departments of Pathology and Radiology and Health Sciences Computer Center, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait

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Acta Cytologica – Karger

Published: Jan 1, 2011

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