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Fig. 5 | World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Fig. 5

From: Initial clinical presentation of single soft tissue metastasis of medullary thyroid carcinoma without primary tumor in the thyroid gland

Fig. 5

Histological findings revealed the presence of tumor cells, which were polygonal with pale eosinophilic cytoplasm, formed nests, trabeculae, or glands. The nuclei were round to oval in shape with coarse chromatin (a). Tumor cells were positive for thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1) (b), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) (c), and calcitonin (d) on immunohistological analysis

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