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Fig. 3

From: Sonographic characteristics of diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma with histopathological correlation: a preliminary study

Fig. 3

Ultrasonographic and pathologic findings of DSVPTC in a 26-year-old woman (Case 9). (A) A hypoechoic nodule with vague border and multiple microcalcifications in the left lobe with homogenous background in longitudinal section of the thyroid. (B) Transverse section of the same nodule. (C) Tumor cells clustering in one place (broken black line) and invading surrounding parenchyma with several psammoma bodies (black arrows) and a lymph vessel with tumor emboli (white arrowheads) in histopathology section (H&E stain, ×20). (D) Scattered psammoma bodies (black arrows) and tumor nests (white arrows) (H&E stain, ×100)

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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

ISSN: 1750-1172