Papillary endothelial hyperplasia in the thyroid following fine-needle aspiration.
A 74-year-old woman was found to have exuberant papillary endothelial hyperplasia within her thyroid gland subsequent to multiple fine-needle aspiration biopsies of a Hürthle cell neoplasm. To our knowledge, this histologic alteration in the thyroid has not been previously reported. We describe this unusual complication following fine-needle aspiration, and we delineate the clinicopathologic and differential diagnostic features.
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Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Merino
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Norton
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology