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| Year : 2006 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 147-148 |
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Metastasis to the thyroid gland diagnosed by fine needle aspiration Cytology
K Mardi1, J Sharma2
1 Assistant Professor; Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
2 Professor and Head; Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
K Mardi
12-A, Type V Qtrs, GAD Colony, Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Pin -171009
India
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We describe an unusual case of metastatic disease to the thyroid in 47 year old female who clinically presented as acute thyroiditis. No nodules were palpable and fine needle aspiration cytology of left lobe was performed. It showed metastatic deposits of papillary adenocarcinoma and was followed by total thyroidectomy. Histological examination revealed extensive intrasinusoidal deposits of papillary adenocarcinoma. Such atypical clinical and cytologic presentation may cause undue confusion with a primary neoplasm of the thyroid, mainly papillary thyroid carcinoma.
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