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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2020

Multiple Auer Rods in Fine-Needle Aspiration Smears of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: An Unusual Finding.

Maryam Mohammadnia Avval, Perikala Vijayananda Kumar, Fereydoon Dehghani

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Maryam Mohammadnia AvvalDepartment of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-8276-4121
Perikala Vijayananda KumarDepartment of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Fereydoon DehghaniDepartment of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

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Abstract

backgroundMedullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a rare tumor. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology is a popular method for the preoperative diagnosis of MTC. CASE REPORT: A 45-year-old man was referred to our center for a palpable thyroid nodule. Ultrasound-guided FNA was carried out for the patient. Cytology slides showed many isolated and small clusters of round to oval cells, some with a moderate amount of cytoplasm and red cytoplasmic granules. Rare cells showed multiple red Auer rods. Histology confirmed the diagnosis of MTC.

conclusionCytologic findings of MTC in FNA are variable, and several rare cytologic findings have been reported. Cytoplasmic red granules are one of the usual findings, whereas detection of cells containing multiple Auer rods is an unusual finding, which has not been reported so far.

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cytoplasmic multiple Auer rodsfine-needle aspirationmedullary thyroid carcinoma

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PMCPMC7071880

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