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Abstract  Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare and highly malignant disease. Usually, this type of tumor is irresectable, and almost
all patients die within 1 year after diagnosis. We present a case of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with rhabdomyoblastic differentiation
and good therapeutic outcome. A 76-year-old female was referred to our hospital with a growing, painless neck mass which existed
for 3 months. Biopsy of the mass showed microscopically and immunohistochemically a follicular (Hürthle cell) carcinoma of

To assess the utility of chemical analysis for parathyroid hormone in the rinse (PTH-r) obtained via fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in the setting of inadvertently sampled parathyroid tissue or lesions (PTL) during "thyroid" or "neck" FNA, the authors review their experience at a large, tertiary care academic medical center. All cases of inadvertent sampling of PTL during "thyroid" or "neck" FNA were identified by computer search.