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giant cell variant of medullary thyroid carcinoma
Wednesday 13 March 2019
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giant cell variant of Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC)
- MTC variants typically carry the same prognosis as the conventional type.
- DD : ATC and Mets to the thyroid.
- https://twitter.com/sza_jhcyto/status/1105511218536738818
Paywall references
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Cytomorphology of anaplastic giant cell type of medullary thyroid carcinoma—a diagnostic dilemma in an elderly female: a case report. Rekhi B, Kane SV, D’Cruz A. Diagn Cytopathol. 2008 Feb;36(2):136-8. doi : 10.1002/dc.20754 PMID: 18181195
Anaplastic variants of medullary thyroid carcinoma: a light-microscopic and immunohistochemical study. Mendelsohn G, Baylin SB, Bigner SH, Wells SA Jr, Eggleston JC. Am J Surg Pathol. 1980 Aug;4(4):333-41. PMID: 6999920