Hürthle-cell tumor arising in the mediastinal ectopic thyroid and diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. Light microscopic and ultrastructural features.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1983
Abstract
The light microscopic and ultrastructural features of a Hürthle-cell tumor arising in the ectopic mediastinal ectopic thyroid and diagnosed by fine needle aspiration are presented. Although it lacked clear-cut cytologic features of malignancy, the tumor was clinically malignant, having metastasized to the lungs. Hürthle-cell tumors of the thyroid are unpredictable in their biologic behavior, and the absence of clinical and/or pathologic evidence of malignancy at the time of diagnosis is no guarantee of a benign outcome.
Volume
27
Issue
2
First Page
188
Last Page
192
ISSN
0001-5547
Published In/Presented At
Mishriki, Y. Y., Lane, B. P., Lozowski, M. S., & Epstein, H. (1983). Hürthle-cell tumor arising in the mediastinal ectopic thyroid and diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. Light microscopic and ultrastructural features. Acta cytologica, 27(2), 188–192.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6573091
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article