[Diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma]

The cells of papillary thyroid carcinoma are shown to have the following characteristic morphological features: oval or oval to roundish shape of nuclei, uneven sinuous, folded border of the nuclear membrane, nuclear fissure, intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions, optically clean nuclei. None of these features is a marker, only combination of more than four of them represents diagnostic value.