Cytologically Yours: Unknowns: 201311: Case 5
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Clinical History
69 year old female with 1.2cm thyroid nodule.
Cytology
Cytologic Features
- Pure Hurthle cell population
- Prominent nucleolus
- Pseudopsammoma bodies (Basophlic structures thought to be colloid, with concentric lamellae)
- Shows either small cell dysplasia (smaller cells with high N/C ratio) or large cell dysplasia (large cells with at least 2x variability in nuclear size)
- No lymphocytes