Columnar cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma: Cytomorphological characteristics of 11 cases with histological correlation and literature review

CONCLUSIONSAlthough PTC‐CCV may demonstrate features that overlap with those of the classic variant of PTC, hypercellular smears with papillary structures covered by cells with pseudostratified nuclei that show a paucity of nuclear pseudoinclusions and grooves should alert the cytopathologist to the possibility of this diagnosis. Cancer Cytopathol 2017. © 2017 American Cancer Society.

Source: Cancer Cytopathology - March 1, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: Massimo Bongiovanni, Maxime Mermod, Sule Canberk, Chiara Saglietti, Gerasimos P. Sykiotis, Marc Pusztaszeri, Moira Ragazzi, Luca Mazzucchelli, Luca Giovanella, Simonetta Piana Tags: Original Article Source Type: research