Korean J Cytopathol.  1997 Jun;8(1):52-56.

Oxyphilic Papillary Carcinoma of the Thyroid in Fine Needle Aspiration

• Kim YM
• Gong GY
• Kim OJ

Abstract

Oxyphilic (H rthle) cells have abundant eosinophilic granular cytoplasms and occur in both benign and malignant neoplasms of the thyroid gland. Most published studies described mainly oxyphilic tumors of follicular type, and reports on oxyphilic papillary thyroid carcinomas are rare. The oxyphilic variant of papillary carcinoma differs from the classic papillary carcinoma in its more aggressive biological behavior. We report a case of oxyphilic papillary carcinoma exhibiting exclusively oxyphilic cells in a follicular pattern without papillary structures. The pattern of papillary carcinoma was confirmed by fine needle aspiration material and lymph nodal metastasis, both of which revealed typicaled papillary structures with characteristic nuclear features, psammoma bodies, and oxyphilic cytoplasm.

Keyword

Papillary carcinoma; Thyroid; H rthle(Oxyphilic) cell; Fine needle aspiration

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle*
Carcinoma, Papillary*
Cytoplasm
Eosinophils
Neoplasm Metastasis
Thyroid Gland*
Thyroid Neoplasms