specimen ted:FNA L THYROID;4 PASSES,3FIXED
SLIDES,3 AIR DRIED SLIDES AND NEEDLE CONTENTS IN
CYTOLYT
SPECIMEN PROCESSING:
LIQUID-BASED CELL-ENHANCED PROCESSING WITH CYTOLYT FIXATION
PREPARED 6 SLIDES ON SITE
DIAGNOSIS:
FNA L THYROID:
FOLLICULAR CELLS IN MACRO-AND FEW MICROFOLLICLES,ABUNDANT COLLOID,AND HEMOSIDERIN LADEN MACROPHAGES,CONSISTENT WITH NODULAR GOITER WITH CYSTIC CHANGE.SEE COMMENT.
COMMENT:
RARE CLUSTERS OF HISTIOCYTOID CELLSWITH ENLARGED NUCLEI AND PROMINENT NUCLEOLI ARE NOTED.ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION NOR GROOVES,THE POSSIBILITY OF A FOCUS OF CYSTIC PAPILLARY CARCINOMA CANNOT BE ENTIRELY EXCLUDED.