Papillae, psammoma bodies, and/or many nuclear pseudoinclusions are helpful criteria but should not be required for a definitive cytologic diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma: An institutional experience of 207 cases with surgical follow up.
Tarik M ElsheikhMatthew ThomasJennifer BrainardJessica Di MarcoErica ManoskyBridgette SpringerDawn UnderwoodDeborah J ChutePublished in: Cancer cytopathology (2024)
RC should not be required for a definitive diagnosis of PTC when other nuclear features of PTC are diffuse and overt. Applying RC, however, helps the pathologist arrive at a more definitive diagnosis of PTC in suspicious cases.