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From: Risk of malignancy in thyroid nodules: predictive value of puncture feeling of grittiness in the process of fine-needle aspiration

Figure 3

Image of a 39-year-old woman with a thyroid nodule in the left lobe. (A) The two-dimensional ultrasound showed a lesion with irregular margins in the left lobe. (B) On FNA, the needle tip passed through the center of the nodule (Red arrow). (C) FNAC smear showing features of malignant thyroid nodule, for example, pasmmoma body (Black arrow, Papanicolaou, × 400). (D) Histopathology showing features of papillary carcinoma (Hematoxylin and eosin, × 400).

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