Fine‐needle aspiration cytology of papillary hürthle‐cell tumors of thyroid: A report of three cases

Papillary Hürthle‐cell tumors of the thyroid are composed of oxyphilic cells with a prominent papillary component. Their biologic behavior appears to be comparable with that of conventional papillary thyroid carcinomas. The literature on the fine‐needle aspiration cytology of these tumors is scanty. The cytologic findings of three such cases are reported here. The findings suggest that most papillary Hürthle‐cell tumors cannot be differentiated from other types of Hürthle‐cell tumors cytologically.

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