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FNAC from thigh swelling shows monolayered sheets and papillary structures of follicular cells. Background shows thick colloid. Inset show intranuclear grooves and nuclear cytoplasmic vacuoles.
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The yield was rich and consisted of epithelial cells that were arranged in sheets and well-formed papillary configurations (Figure 1). There were intra nuclear cytoplasmic inclusions and nuclear grooves (Figure 1 inset).
(a) Nodule excised from the thigh showing gray white solid areas with papillary excrescences. (b) Sections from the thigh nodule show papillary structures with ground glass nuclei 40x.
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Based on the above findings excision biopsy of the mass was advised to confirm papillary thyroid carcinomatous secondary deposits (Figures 2(a) and 2(b)). 