Fine needle aspiration cytology of high grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-264

  Vázquez Ramírez, Francisco ^a   Otal Salaverri, Concepción ^a   Argueta Manzano, Oscar ^a   Galera Ruíz, Hugo ^a   González Cámpora, Ricardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaplastic carcinoma; Aspiration biopsy; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Thyroid neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; THYROGLOBULIN;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 0342804484     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326372     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Arezzo A, Patetta R, Ceppa P, Borgonovo G, Torre G, Matioli FP: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid gland arising from a papillary epithelial neoplasm. Am Surg 1998;64: 307-311
2. Bondeson L, Bondeson AG: Cytologic features in fine needle aspirates from a sclerosing mucoepidermoid thyroid carcinoma with eosinophilia. Diagn Cytopathol 1996;15:301-305
3. Bondeson L, Bondeson A-G, Thompson NW: Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with mucoepidermoid features. Am J Clin Pathol 1991;95:175-179
4. Cameselle-Tejeiro J: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma and solid cell nests of the thyroid. Hum Pathol 1996,27:861-863
5. Cameselle-Teijeiro J, Febles-Pérez C, Sobrinho-Simoes M: Papillary and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid with anaplastic transformation: A case report with histological and immunohistochemical findings that support a provocative histogenetic hypothesis. Pathol Res Pract 1995;191:1214-1221
6. Cameselle-Teijeiro J, Febles-Pérez C, Sobrinho-Simoes M: Cytologic features of fine needle aspirates of papillary and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid with anaplastic transformation: A case report. Acta Cytol 1997;41:1356-1360
7. Carcangiu ML, Steeper T, Zampi G, Rosai J: Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol 1985;83:135-158
8. Franssila K, Harach HR, Wasenius V-M: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid. Histopathology 1984;8:847-860
9. Geisinger KR, Steffee CH, McGee RS, Woodruff RD, Buss DH: The cytomorphological features of sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid gland with eosinophilia. Am J Clin Pathol 1998;3:294-301
10. Harach HR: A study of the relationship between solid cell nests and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid. Histopathology 1985;9:195-207
11. Larson RS, Wick MR: Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid: Diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol 1993;9:438-443
12. Miranda RN, Myint MA, Gnepp DR: Composite follicular variant of papillary carcinoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid: Report of a case and review of the literature. Am J Surg Pathol 1995;10:1209-1215
13. Rhatingan RM, Roque JL, Bucher RL: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid gland. Cancer 1977;39:210-214
14. Rosai J, Carcangiu ML, DeLellis RA: Tumors of the thyroid. In Atlas of Tumor Pathology. Fifth number, third series. Edited by J Rosai, LH Sobin. Washington, DC, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1990, p 195
15. Sambade C Franssila K, Basílio-de-Oliveira CA, Sobrinho-Simoes M: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid revisited. Surg Pathol 1990;3:271-280
16. Sim SJ, Ro JY, Ordonez N, Cleary KR, Ayala A: Sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia of the thyroid. Hum Pathol 1997;28:1091-1096
17. Viciana MJ, Galera-Davidson H, Martín-Lacave I, Segura D, Loizaga JM: Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with mucoepidermoid differentiation. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1996; 120:397-398
18. Wenig BM, Adair CF, Heffess CS: Primary mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid gland: A report of six cases and a review of the literature of a follicular epithelial-derived tumor. Hum Pathol 1995;26:1099-1108