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Cytological Features of Subacute Thyroiditis

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:12:00 +0300

🔬Subacute thyroiditis. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid gland. The most striking feature is the abundance of bizarrely shaped multinucleated giant cells (Papanicolaou stain). ✅Source: Cibas - Cytology. Diagnostic Principles and Clinical Correlates 5 ed (2021)

Thyroid Cytology: Microfollicles and Macrofollicles

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 17:19:00 +0300

📢We continue to study thyroid cytology. 🔬A macrofollicle (left), consisting of numerous follicular cells arranged in an orderly fashion around watery colloid, is easily distinguished from a microfollicle (right), which consists of a small ring of a few follicular cells with a central droplet of dense colloid. (Stain, Papanicolaou.) Source: Douglas P. Clark - Thyroid Cytopathology, 2010

Hürthle Cells in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: Cytology

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:53:08 +0300

🔬Fine-needle aspiration of the thyroid gland in a patient with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. ✅Hürthle cells with some cytological atypia are shown. A small number of scattered lymphocytes are present, allowing for a diagnosis of lymphocytic thyroiditis Diff-Quik. Source: Adebowale J. Adeniran Common Diagnostic Pitfalls in Thyroid Cytopathology, 2016

Psammoma Bodies in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:19:29 +0300

🔬Papillary thyroid carcinoma. Psammoma bodies. ✅Stain: Hematoxylin and eosin. 👉Douglas P. Clark - Thyroid Cytopathology, 2010

Hürthle Cells in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: FNA Cytology

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 14:22:00 +0300

❗Fine-needle aspirate of the thyroid gland from a patient with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. 🔬Hürthle cells with some cytological atypia. A small number of scattered lymphocytes are present, which allows for a diagnosis of lymphocytic thyroiditis (Diff-Quik stain, X400).