title: [Morphological features of papillary thyroid carcinoma with a focal tall-cell component].
abstract: The morphological features of papillary thyroid macro- and microcarcinomas of classical structure with the focal presence or absence of a tall-cell component were comparatively studied. Histological specimens of 55 neoplasms were examined in 53 patients. A trend was seen for the higher rate of regional metastasis in a group of tall-cell tumors. Additional studies of groups of patients matched for sex, age, and extrathyroid tumor extension are required to make a final conclusion on the metastatic potential and prognostic features of tumors with a tall-cell component. To solve this task, it is expedient to separate neoplasms with a focal tall-cell component from the bulk of classical papillary carcinomas.
authors.forename: A Iu
authors.initials: AIu
authors.lastname: Abrosimov
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kozhushnaia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*