PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID WITH NUMEROUS SPINDLE-SHAPED TUMOR-CELLS IN FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION SMEARS

Authors
WOYKE S ALJASSAR AK ALJARALLAH MA TEMMIM L
Citation
S. Woyke et al., PAPILLARY CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID WITH NUMEROUS SPINDLE-SHAPED TUMOR-CELLS IN FINE-NEEDLE ASPIRATION SMEARS, Acta cytologica, 38(2), 1994, pp. 226-230
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Cytology & Histology
Journal title
Acta cytologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015547
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
226 - 230
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5547(1994)38:2<226:PCOTTW>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A papillary carcinoma of the thyroid characterized by numerous spindle -shaped tumor cells in fine needle aspiration (FNA) smears is reported . The oval nuclei of the spindle cells, arranged in monolayered sheets , occasionally showed ''rhythmic,'' palisaded patterns. Comparative st udy of cytology and histology of this tumor revealed that the spindle cells observed in FNA smears originated in the epithelium covering the edematous neoplastic papillae.