Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma with Signet Ring Cell Morphology: Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology, Histopathology, and Immunohistochemistry
- 26 September 2013
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Endocrine Pathology
- Vol. 24 (4), 239-245
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-013-9271-x
Abstract
Thyroid follicular neoplasms with signet ring cell morphology represent a challenging cytological and histopathologic diagnosis. The low frequency of these neoplasms and their broad differential diagnosis contribute to this difficult scenario. Here, we present an exceptionally rare case of thyroid follicular carcinoma with signet ring cell morphology in a 62-year-old female. We analyze the characteristics in fine-needle aspiration cytology, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry and compare our results in a discussion with previous literature reports.This publication has 38 references indexed in Scilit:
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