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Thyroid Hurthle Cell Neoplasm Cytology: Key Diagnostic Features

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0300

Thyroid cytology. The presented cytological preparation shows a Hurthle cell neoplasm. The cells are characterized by abundant granular cytoplasm and centrally located nuclei, which may contain prominent nucleoli.

Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Cytological Features and Diagnosis

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:36:00 +0300

🔬 Cytology. Papillary thyroid carcinoma. Female, 52 years old.

👉 Cells have a papillary structure, nuclei are enlarged, hyperchromatic, crowded, with intranuclear inclusions.

🙏 Images kindly provided by Irina Neklyudova, Head of Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory, MC Academia, Ulyanovsk

Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Cytological Features

Tue, 06 May 2025 15:00:00 +0300

🔬 Cytology. When a tumor masquerades as an old enemy: an error that was avoided.

✅ A 75-year-old patient with a history of melanoma presented with complaints of difficulty swallowing. A large tumor mass was found in the neck area. Suspicion immediately fell on a melanoma metastasis. However, cytological examination of the aspirate revealed unusual cells — giant, with an eccentric nucleus and a dense, included mass in the cytoplasm. This gave them a “rhabdoid” appearance.

Cytology of Hobnail Variant Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0300

🔬 “Comets”, “teardrops” and “bowling pins”: cytological metaphors of aggressive thyroid cancer

The article in Diagnostic Cytopathology describes a unique case: aspirate from a thyroid nodule revealed cells with a peculiar shape — in the form of droplets, tailed comets, and bowling pins — characteristic of hobnail variant papillary thyroid carcinoma (HVPTC).

Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Cytological Features

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:30:00 +0300

Thyroid. Histologically confirmed medullary cancer (giant cell variant). Thyroid. Histologically confirmed medullary cancer (giant cell variant). Source: inst: dnevnik_cytologa (Vlad Khan).