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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Surg Pathol. 2021 Dec 13;30(4):385–392. doi: 10.1177/10668969211065126

Table 1.

Malignancies Showing Squamous Differentiation in the Thyroid.

n (%)
Primary (n = 111) Papillary carcinoma 84 (34%)
Unspecified 32 (13%)
Diffuse sclerosing 20 (8%)
Classic/conventional 19 (8%)
Follicular variant 7 (3%)
With high-grade features 1 (<1%)
Tall cell 1 (<1%)
Columnar cell 1 (<1%)
Oncocytic 1 (<1%)
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma 21 (9%)
Follicular carcinoma 3 (<1%)
Poorly differentiated carcinoma 2 (<1%)
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma 1 (<1%)
Medullary carcinoma 1 (<1%)
Intrathyroid thymic carcinoma 1 (<1%)
Secondary (n = 116)
Larynx 73 (30%)
Pharynx 13 (5%)
Tongue 10 (4%)
Trachea 8 (3%)
Esophagus 5 (2%)
Lung 3 (<1%)
Tonsil 1 (<1%)
Lip 1 (<1%)
Vulva 1 (<1%)
Prostate 1 (<1%)
Uncertain (n = 16) Squamous cell carcinoma 16 (8%)
Total 243