Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid gland with lipomatous stroma: report of a peculiar histological type of thyroid tumour.
The author reports a case of a 53-year-old woman with a slowly growing thyroid papillary carcinoma. Microscopically the presence of adult adipose tissue was detected in numerous papillae. The recognition of this histological type as a new variety of papillary carcinoma is proposed.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*