Convoluted secretory material in thyroid follicular epithelial tumors

Electron microscopy may occasionally be useful, when routine histopathologic methods fail, in the typing of tumors, including those that present as metastases from occult primary sites. We describe a case in which the presence of an uncommon ultrastructural feature aided in establishing the thyroid...

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Published inThe American journal of surgical pathology Vol. 3; no. 3; p. 279
Main Authors Marcus, P B, Martin, J H, Lieberman, Z H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1979
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - ultrastructure
Bone Neoplasms - secondary
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Thyroid Neoplasms - ultrastructure
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Summary:Electron microscopy may occasionally be useful, when routine histopathologic methods fail, in the typing of tumors, including those that present as metastases from occult primary sites. We describe a case in which the presence of an uncommon ultrastructural feature aided in establishing the thyroid gland as the source of a skeletal metastatic tumor.
ISSN:0147-5185
DOI:10.1097/00000478-197906000-00011