The derivation of metaplastic squamous epithelium of the thyroid gland has been the subject of a number of embryologic studies. Small foci of benign squamous epithelium may be seen as an incidental finding in surgical specimens. Rarely an entire lobe, simultaneously affected by chronic lymphocytic t
Squamous metaplasia with Hashimoto's thyroiditis presenting as a thyroid nodule
β Scribed by Tetsuro Kobayashi; Shigeru Okamoto; Hirohide Maruyama; Jun Okamura; Shin-Ichiro Takai; Takesada Mori
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 589 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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β¦ Synopsis
A 59-year-old Japanese female presented a well-limited and movable thyroid nodule. Histologically, the nodule consisted of clusters of squamous cells surrounded by dense connective tissue in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The squamous cells were well arranged and showed no mitotic figures. We therefore interpreted this nodule as being squamous metaplasia with Hashimoto's thyroiditis rather than squamous carcinoma of the thyroid. There are no previous reports in the literature of nodular formation of squamous metaplasia in the thyroid.
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