Common Diagnostic Pitfalls in Thyroid Cytopathology

• Aspirates with Macrophages and/or Colloid Only.- Usefulness of Sub-Classification of Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance.- Cytologic Atypia in Toxic Goiter.- Hurtle Cell Lesions.- Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Hashimoto Thyroiditis.- Lymphocyte-only Aspirates.- Molecular Testing.- Pitfalls In Evaluating Cystic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Challenges in the Diagnosis of Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Variants of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.- Medullary Carcinoma.- Challenges in the Diagnosis Hyalinizing Trabecular Tumor.- Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.- Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.- Metastatic Neoplasms to the Thyroid.- Thyroglobulin Detection in Fine-Needle Aspiration of Nodal Metastases from Differentiated Thyroid Cancers.- Pediatric Thyroid FNA.- Ectopic Thyroid Tissue Versus Nodal Metastasis.- Parathyroid Tissue versus Thyroid Tissue.- Evaluation of Thyroid Bed Sampling.

“Common Diagnostic Pitfalls in Thyroid Cytopathology is ideal for a range of interests giving good examples of clinical history with pertinent clinical/testing points for general clinicians and pathologists for correlation with cytologic findings. The book lends itself to the interest of a broad range of scholars (such as medical students, medical technologists, residents, cytology fellows or general/specialty practitioners) that are seeking a quick, easy introduction to thyroid cytopathology and its associated everyday nuances.” (Elizabeth M. Kurian, The ASC Bulletin, Vol. 54 (4), July, 2017)