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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.
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