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==Lymphocytic thyroiditis== | ==Lymphocytic thyroiditis== | ||
===General=== | |||
*Non-specific finding. | |||
**May represent [[Hashimoto thyroiditis]]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
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*Usually #1 and #2 are seen. | *Usually #1 and #2 are seen. | ||
===Hashimoto | ===Hashimoto thyroiditis=== | ||
{{Main|Hashimoto thyroiditis}} | |||
====General==== | |||
*'''This is a clinical diagnosis'''. | |||
**It should be reported by the pathologist as "lymphocytic thyroiditis". | |||
Associations:<ref name=Ref_APBR672>{{Ref APBR|672}}</ref><ref name=pmid7813361/> | Associations:<ref name=Ref_APBR672>{{Ref APBR|672}}</ref><ref name=pmid7813361/> | ||
*AMA +ve. | *AMA +ve. | ||
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*Increased risk of B-cell lymphoma. | *Increased risk of B-cell lymphoma. | ||
====Cytology==== | |||
Features:<ref name=Ref_APBR672>{{Ref APBR|672}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_APBR672>{{Ref APBR|672}}</ref> | ||
*Polymorphous lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate with germinal centres. | *Polymorphous lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate with germinal centres. | ||
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**Found in almost 100% of cases.<ref name=pmid7813361 >{{cite journal |author=Poropatich C, Marcus D, Oertel YC |title=Hashimoto's thyroiditis: fine-needle aspirations of 50 asymptomatic cases |journal=Diagn. Cytopathol. |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=141-5 |year=1994 |pmid=7813361 |doi= |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112701408/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0}}</ref> | **Found in almost 100% of cases.<ref name=pmid7813361 >{{cite journal |author=Poropatich C, Marcus D, Oertel YC |title=Hashimoto's thyroiditis: fine-needle aspirations of 50 asymptomatic cases |journal=Diagn. Cytopathol. |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=141-5 |year=1994 |pmid=7813361 |doi= |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112701408/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0}}</ref> | ||
*Lymphoglandular bodies. | *Lymphoglandular bodies. | ||
**Cytoplasmic fragment of a lymphoid cell.<ref>[http://www.definition-of.com/lymphoglandular+body http://www.definition-of.com/lymphoglandular+body]</ref> | **Cytoplasmic fragment of a lymphoid cell.<ref>URL: [http://www.definition-of.com/lymphoglandular+body http://www.definition-of.com/lymphoglandular+body]. Accessed on: 27 January 2012.</ref> | ||
==Follicular lesion of undetermined significance== | ==Follicular lesion of undetermined significance== | ||