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Secondary thyroid carcinomas - Case 15. (cytologic picture 11)

Metastasis of a laryngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma


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Wright-Giemsa staining, 400x.   Another solid nest, dispersed cells and nuclear debris. Such pattern can be observed in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, too. But the presence of metachromatic material does not fit to thyroiditis.

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