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| + | |clinical_hx=20yo woman with diffuse enlargement of entire thyroid gland as well as multiple microcalcifications | ||
|case_diagnosis=MALIGNANT: PTC | |case_diagnosis=MALIGNANT: PTC | ||
| + | |case_notes=Hypercellular smear with cells arranged in monolayers; enlarged and crowded nuclei, often molded; nuclei are oval and irregularly shaped with longitudinal nuclear grooves, pale powdery chromatin, thick nuclear membranes, marginally place micronucleoli, | ||
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| + | PTC account for 85% of all thyroid gland cancers. It occurs in all age groups, including children, with a peak incidence in the 3rd to 4th decades, and an M/F ratio of 1:4. | ||
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| + | Although the incidence of PTC has nearly tripled in the last 3 decades, the mortality rate has remained stable, suggesting that the more indolent forms of PTC are increasingly diagnosed. | ||
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| + | Features seen more often in smears vs. LBP | ||
| + | Pale nuclei | ||
| + | Papillary pattern and tissue fragments | ||
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