Korean J Cytopathol.
1997 Dec;8(2):150-154.
Lymphocyte Rich Papillary Oxyphilic Carcinoma of Thyroid
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Hallym University.
Abstract
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Lymphoid infiltration can be seen in some lesions such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis,
subacute thyroiditis and several neoplasm of the thyroid. In case of malignancy,
there are a few reports of lymphoid infiltration in the diffuse sclerosing variant of
papillary carcinoma. But heavy lymphoid infiltraton without evidence of sclerosis is
uncommon.
We experienced a case of papillary oxyphilic carcinoma with massive lymphoid
infiltration, which looks like Warthin tumor of salivary gland. However cytological
feature of epithelial cells exhibit that of papillary carcinoma.