Abstract:Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid from a 43‐year‐old patient showed 4 types of unusual cytoplasmic inclusion bodies ultrastructurally. Type 1 inclusion is composed of rod and doughnut‐shaped bodies aggregated In the cytoplasma and not enclosed by a limiting membrane. Typical neurosecretory granules are intermingled with the rod and doughnut‐shaped bodies. The doughnut‐shaped bodies often have an electron dense core which is similar to the neurosecretory granules. The rod‐shaped bodies are bounded by trilamina… Show more
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