FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA ARISING IN ECTOPIC THYROID-TISSUE - CASE-REPORT WITH FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION FINDINGS

Authors
SUBRAMONY C BALIGA M LEMOS LB
Citation
C. Subramony et al., FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA ARISING IN ECTOPIC THYROID-TISSUE - CASE-REPORT WITH FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION FINDINGS, Diagnostic cytopathology, 16(1), 1997, pp. 39-41
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Laboratory Technology",Pathology
Journal title
Diagnostic cytopathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
87551039
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
39 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
8755-1039(1997)16:1<39:FCAIET>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A 32-yr-old woman was found to have a 1 x 2 cm mass in the soft tissue of the neck 1 cm lateral to the left lobe of the thyroid gland. A fin e-needle aspiration biopsy showed a follicular neoplasm. The excised m ass showed a follicular carcinoma arising in lateral ectopic thyroid t issue. Subsequent excision of the thyroid gland and pathological exami nation showed no primary carcinoma in the gland. This report illustrat es a case of primary follicular carcinoma arising in a lateral ectopic thyroid tissue in the neck. Diagn. Cytopathol. 16:39-41, 1997. (C) 19 97 Wiley-Liss, Inc.