The Significance of Nuclear Grooves and Phagocytosis In the Diagnosis of Metastatic Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid |
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| Authors: | R. CHETTY G. M. LEARMONTH M. R. KALAN |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. |
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| Abstract: | A 57-year-old patient presented with a lesion of the iliac bone. Cytological smears prepared from material aspirated from the lesion revealed cells with longitudinal nuclear grooves and haemosiderin within their cytoplasm. These observations led to a diagnosis of metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma which was confirmed by histological examination. |
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| Keywords: | thyroid papillary carcinoma longitudinal nuclear grooves phagocytosis haemosiderin |
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