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The thyroid web atlas contains close to 300 images of key thyroid lesions in an easy-to-search format. All images have been reviewed and approved by the committee.

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These images are intended for educational purposes and may be freely used for such as long as the Papanicolaou Society and the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology is credited.

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Atlas Committee

Syed Z. Ali, M.D. - Chair
Professor of Pathology and Radiology
The Johns Hopkins University , School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore , MD

Daniel F.I. Kurtycz, M.D. - Co-Chair and Web Editor
Medical Director, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Barbara Crothers, D.O.
Director of Cytopathology
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC

Charles D. Sturgis, M.D.
Pathologist
CellNetix Laboratories
Providence Everett Medical Center
Everett, Washington

Grace Yang, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York , NY

Jun Zhang, M.D.
Consultant and Assistant Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester , MN

Edmund S. Cibas, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School and
Director of Cytopathology
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston , MA

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Crowded sheet of atypical follicular cells associated with cystic contents.

(53 votes)

Large atypical cells with macronucleoli. (Histologic follow-up revealed a carcinoma with thymus-like differentiation [CASTLE]).

(49 votes)

Few scattered plasmacytoid cells. (Histologic follow-up: Langerhans cell histiocytosis).

(48 votes)

Numerous monomorphic lymphocytes.

(47 votes)

Surgical follow-up to the previous three images revealed a follicular variant of papillary carcinoma. Note the thick eosinophilic colloid within the follicles.

(51 votes)

The hyalinizing trabecular adenoma resembles papillary thyroid carcinoma. Note, however, that the elongated nuclei are almost spindle shaped and the cells are embedded within stroma (histologic section).

(50 votes)