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8929471

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-2
pubmed:abstractText
Approximately 150 cases of thyroglossal duct carcinoma, predominantly of the papillary type, have been reported, but the preoperative fine-needle aspiration (FNA) diagnosis of such neoplasms has rarely been cited. The authors describe FNA findings in four samples obtained from three patients who were 29, 50, and 83 years of age, histologically diagnosed as papillary (n = 2) and squamous (n = 1) thyroglossal duct carcinomas. Atypia and squamous cell carcinoma were the FNA diagnoses in the patients with papillary carcinomas. The remaining case was correctly diagnosed as keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma. Cellularity was scant in two cases and moderate in one, and all displayed a cystic background. The authors also reviewed FNA features in 11 papillary and 2 Hurthle cell carcinomas from the English language literature; diagnostic findings were present in less than one third of the cases. In conclusion, familiarity with the FNA findings of thyroglossal duct carcinoma is limited by its rarity. The presence of large, atypical squamous cells, or psammoma bodies, in the FNA material of a midline anterior cystic neck mass should suggest papillary thyroglossal duct carcinoma.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
615-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Cytologic findings in thyroglossal duct carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports