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multinucleated giant cells in thyroid FNA

Wednesday 27 April 2016

Multinucleated giant cells in fine needle aspirates

The presence of large MGCs with dense cytoplasm in a thyroid nodule without clinical evidence of thyroiditis should prompt careful exclusion of associated PTC.

References

 Multinucleated giant cells in fine needle aspirates. Can they help differentiate papillary thyroid cancer from benign nodular goiter? Tsou PL, Hsiao YL, Chang TC. Acta Cytol. 2002 Sep-Oct;46(5):823-7. PMID: 12365214