Chen Qi, Yu Xiaoli
Department of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2025 Oct;53(10):507-515. doi: 10.1002/dc.70004. Epub 2025 Aug 13.
Intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma is a rare thyroid carcinoma characterized by thymic epithelial differentiation. Given its relatively favorable prognosis, it is essential to differentiate it preoperatively from other more aggressive tumors. Fine-needle aspiration is widely used for the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid nodules. However, there is limited information on the cytological diagnosis, and its cytomorphological features remain poorly characterized. We perform a literature review of intrathyroidal thymic carcinoma and briefly describe two cases to further characterize its cytological features.
甲状腺内胸腺癌是一种罕见的甲状腺癌，其特征为胸腺上皮分化。鉴于其预后相对良好，术前将其与其他侵袭性更强的肿瘤区分开来至关重要。细针穿刺广泛用于甲状腺结节的术前诊断。然而，关于其细胞学诊断的信息有限，其细胞形态学特征仍未得到充分描述。我们对甲状腺内胸腺癌进行了文献综述，并简要描述了两例病例以进一步明确其细胞学特征。
