Thyroid cancers - case 908 (cytologic picture 2 of another smear)


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Right lobe, longitudinal scan

Pap-staining, 200x.   Beside enlarged oxyphilic cells, there is a cell group composed of non-metaplastic cells in the center of the image. Note nuclear debris. This pattern is identical to that observed in the event of a Hashimoto thyroiditis.

 

 

 

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