Rosettes in papillary carcinoma of thyroid: A rare cytomorphological indicator of aggressive variants

We present a case of tall cell variant of papillary carcinoma of thyroid diagnosed on cytology showing predominance of rosette‐like formations. Also described previously for the columnar cell variant, these rosettes need to be differentiated from micro‐follicles and are an indicator for aggressive variants.

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Source: Cytopathology - November 22, 2017 Category: Pathology Authors: A. Nambirajan, S. Batool, P. Mandal, T. Nakra, S. Agarwal, D. Jain Tags: CORRESPONDENCE Source Type: research

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