Fig. 2From: Anaplastic transformation of thyroid cancer in mesentery metastases presenting as intestinal perforation: a case reportPathological findings of the autopsy samples. a Tumor composed of pleomorphic spindle cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and polymorphonuclear cell infiltration. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain, × 20). b Tumor cells with squamous differentiation (arrow) in the regional lymph node. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain, × 20). c Cytokeratin AE1/AE3-positive lesion shows squamous differentiation (× 20). d PAX-8 sporadically positive in the atypical lesion (× 40). e Tumors in the lung reveal morphology of typical papillary thyroid carcinoma (arrowhead). (Hematoxylin and eosin stain, × 10)Back to article page