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28 December 2022: Articles

A 54-Year-Old Woman with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with Secondary Amyloid Goiter and Thyroid Lipomatosis

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Eugénia Maria Morado da Silva E* , Rute Alexandra da Costa Ferreira E , Aluixa Rosmar Colmenares Lozada D , João Manuel Sequeira Duarte E

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938156

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e938156

Figure 3. (A, B) A photomicrograph of the histopathology of the thyroid gland showing lipomatosis. The thyroid gland contains mature adipose tissue without inflammation or nuclear atypia (black arrow). The normal background thyroid tissue is replaced by amorphous pink material with the typical appearance of amyloid. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). Objective magnification ×100.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923