Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Image Description
Aspirates of Chronic (Hashimoto) lymphocytic thyroiditis are usually cellular with numerous lymphoid cells in the background with clusters of hurthle cells, follicular cells and dendritic lymphocytic aggregates. This image shows a cluster of Hurthle cells (large, polygonal cells with abundant cytoplasm) in a background of mixed (small and large) lymphoid cells. Romanowsky stain.
Image courtesy of: Ami Patel, MD.
Image courtesy of: Ami Patel, MD.