Most thyroid fine-needle aspirates fit neatly into one of the 6 categories of the Bethesda classification. But sometimes, cases are not so easy and it is worth thinking outside the boxes! This case was one of the latter. Although the targeted nodule was located in the thyroid gland in a patient with a history of… Continue reading A rare “thyroid” nodule
Category: Endocrine
Adrenal amyloidosis
These photomicrographs belong to the adrenal taken at autopsy of an older adult who died in hospital of renal failure and resistant shock. He had been recently diagnosed with AA amyloidosis. The cause of his resistant shock was thought to be due to sepsis, although no organisms were ever detected and he did not respond… Continue reading Adrenal amyloidosis