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A 32-year-old woman was healthy and denied any systemic disease. Multiple thyroid nodules were found incidentally during a routine health examination. Ultrasound examination revealed multiple nodules in both lobes of the thyroid, with one showing hypoechoic and being 0.8 cm in diameter in the left lobe. The thyroid function tests were within the normal limits. No other lesions were identified in the head and neck area. Fine needle aspiration (FNA) of the nodule was performed (Fig. 29.1), and the aspirate was submitted to the cytology laboratory as one ethanol-fixed smear for Papanicolaou stain, one air-dried smear for Liu’s stain, and one SurePath BD CytoRich™ vial for liquid-based preparation (Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ).
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Lai, CR. (2019). Papillary Carcinoma, Columnar Cell Variant: Diagnostic Pitfalls and Differential Diagnoses. In: Kakudo, K. (eds) Thyroid FNA Cytology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1897-9_29
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