title: Papillary thyroid carcinoma with nodular fasciitis-like stroma. Pitfalls in fine-needle aspiration cytology.
abstract: Papillary thyroid carcinoma with nodular fasciitis-like stroma is one of the rare variants of papillary thyroid carcinoma. The problems posed by the exuberant nodular fasciitis-like stroma, which obscures the neoplastic nature of the tumor, are recognized in surgical pathology but have received little attention in the cytopathology literature. We report a rare case of papillary thyroid carcinoma in which nodular fasciitis-like stroma posed difficulty on fine-needle aspiration cytology. The differential diagnosis of fibroproliferative processes in thyroid fine-needle aspirations is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: LiVolsi
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Khurana
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D013965:Thyroidectomy
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor