CYTO-PATHOLOGY OF PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID BY FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 24  (6) , 511-521
Abstract
To delineate the cytologic presentation of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, the fine needle aspiration smears were studied from 87 surgically proven [human] cases. Six diagnostically useful findings were identified: papillary fronds, monolayered sheets, tissue fragments, intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions, psammoma bodies and multinucleated giant cells. From 1500 smears on cold nodules of the thyroid, 6 known false-negative and 4 false-positive diagnoses for papillary carcinoma were made. The estimated accuracy of the fine needle aspirate diagnosis of papillary carcinoma is 94%.