
Australian Society of CytologyCase of the Month
December 2004
Presented by:
Mrs Leona Silk, and Dr Merle Greenberg,
Mayne Health Laverty Pathology
Sydney, Australia
Specimen type:
FNA Thyroid
Clinical History:
A 33 year old female with a multinodular goitre presented with a dominant, hypofunctioning and partially calcified nodule in the left lobe. An ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy (FNB) was performed.Images:
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