title: [Diagnostic relevance of multinucleated giant cells in papillary thyroid cancer. A cytological and histological study].
abstract: Cytological smears of 17 papillary carcinomas (PC) of the thyroid as well as histological slides of 58 PC and 50 follicular adenomas (FA) and 50 follicular carcinomas (FC) were reviewed to assess the presence of intrafollicularly located multinucleated giant cells. In accordance with the data published, such giant cells were found in 70% of PC but in only 8% of FA and FC. The presence of giant cells, which probably represents a foreign body reaction to, in case of PC, physicochemically altered colloid, is a useful additional criteria for the cytological and histological diagnosis of PC.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Pathologie, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz. barbara.padberg@usz.ch
authors.forename: B-C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Padberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schröder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Diagnostische Relevanz mehrkerniger Riesenzellen beim papillären SchilddrüsenkarzinomEine zytologische und histologische Untersuchung.