Volume 32, Issue 4 pp. 538-540
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Fine needle aspiration diagnosed a rare case of ovarian clear cell carcinoma metastasis to thyroid gland

Xiaokun Ji

Xiaokun Ji

Department of Cytology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

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Jinyan Zhang

Jinyan Zhang

Clinical Laboratory of Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

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Ying Liu

Ying Liu

Department of Cytology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

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Jianing Wu

Jianing Wu

Department of Cytology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

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Yun Du

Corresponding Author

Yun Du

Department of Cytology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China

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Yun Du, Department of Cytology, the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Jiankang Road 12, Shijiazhuang 050011, Hebei Province, China.

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First published: 23 April 2021

Xiaokun Ji and Jinyan Zhang contributed equally to this paper.

Abstract

Metastatic deposits from malignant melanoma, renal clear cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma involving the thyroid gland have been reported before, but there are no previous reports of ovarian clear cell carcinoma metastatic to the thyroid. Cytological features and immunocytochemistry can help distinguish between primary and metastatic thyroid malignancies.

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