48,830
edits
Difference between revisions of "Thyroid cytopathology"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Normal thyroid cytology
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
=Normal thyroid cytology= | =Normal thyroid cytology= | ||
Follicular cells | ==Follicular cells== | ||
*Uniform spacing of cells. | *Uniform spacing of cells. | ||
*"Cracks" (spaces) between cell - "crazy paving".<ref name=Ref_APBR672>{{Ref APBR|672}}</ref> | *"Cracks" (spaces) between cell - "crazy paving".<ref name=Ref_APBR672>{{Ref APBR|672}}</ref> | ||
Colloid - acellular crap with: | Note: | ||
*It is interesting that uniform spacing in the context of thyroid is benign... in breast suggests [[DCIS]]. | |||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image: Benign thyroid - FNA -- high mag.jpg | Thyroid - high mag. (WC) | |||
Image: Benign thyroid - FNA -- very high mag.jpg | Thyroid - very high mag. (WC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Colloid== | |||
Essentially - acellular crap with: | |||
*Irregular/sharp borders. | *Irregular/sharp borders. | ||
*Cracks - '''key feature'''. | *Cracks - '''key feature'''. | ||
| Line 15: | Line 25: | ||
*+/-Entraped red blood cells (RBCs). | *+/-Entraped red blood cells (RBCs). | ||
===Images=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image: Thyroid colloid - FNA -- high mag.jpg | Colloid - high mag. (WC) | |||
Image: Thyroid colloid - FNA -- very high mag.jpg | Colloid - very high mag. (WC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
=Normal parathyroid cytology= | =Normal parathyroid cytology= | ||