Neoplastic non-papillary thyroid carcinoma lesions with a fine chromatin pattern.

Abstract:

:In papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in cytological and surgical specimens, fine chromatin, nuclear grooves and nuclear pseudoinclusions are the hallmarks of diagnosis. We investigated the significance of these nuclear changes in neoplastic non-PTC lesions. Fine needle aspiration biopsies (FNAB) of thyroid lesions were reviewed with histologic correlation. Twenty-five low-grade PTC and 35 neoplastic non-PTC lesions with a fine chromatin pattern in cytology specimens were identified. These lesions were studied along with five multinodular goiters and five follicular adenomas with a coarse chromatin pattern. The neoplastic non-PTC lesions were selected from cases with a histopathologic diagnosis of follicular neoplasm (accompanied by cytopathologic examination) but lacking a coarse chromatin pattern. The nuclear changes were separated into three grades of nuclear atypia with a fine chromatin pattern, depending on the degree of nuclear enlargement and nuclear membrane thickening, or the presence of nuclear grooves or pseudoinclusions. Thyroid lesions with a higher grade of nuclear atypia with a fine chromatin pattern were associated with larger nuclei and more readily visible nucleoli. These lesions correlated histologically with PTC and follicular adenomas with a fine chromatin pattern. The latter could be divided into three grades: grade 1 lesions having a fine chromatin pattern similar to that of nuclei with open chromatin seen in areas of nodular goiter; grade 3 lesions having nuclear features closest to those of PTC; and grade 2 lesions showing intermediate changes. In conclusion, there is a spectrum of nuclear changes in neoplastic non-PTC lesions with a fine chromatin pattern. These lesions are often diagnosed as follicular adenomas in surgical pathology and pose cytopathologic diagnostic problems between nodular goiter, follicular adenoma and PTC. The significance of follicular adenomas with a fine chromatin pattern will be discussed.

journal_name

Pathol Int

journal_title

Pathology international

authors

Mai KT,Yazdi HM,Commons AS,Perkins DG,MacDonald L

doi

10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00908.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-07-01 00:00:00

pages

601-7

issue

7

eissn

1320-5463

issn

1440-1827

pii

pin908

journal_volume

49

pub_type

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