Thin-layer cytology improves the diagnostic accuracy of thyroid FNA and offers the possibility of performing new techniques, such as immunocytochemistry, on the same sample in order to detect malignancy as well as the type and origin of thyroid gland neoplasms.

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1.29 L (27%). Five months later the spirometry was normal FEV1 1.65 L (123%), FVC 1.89 L (112%), DLCO 10.13 (60%), TLC 2.76 L (63%) and the new chest CT revealed disappearance of the pleural infusions and the crazy paving pattern. Corticosteroids were gradually withdrawn and since then she remains asymptomatic and in a good condition. The grave initial clinical condition of the patient did not allow the performance of a BAL, and the serum precipitins could not be measured in our city. The characteristic image of "headcheese" in conjunction with the exposure history to mold made the diagnosis of extrinsic alveolitis most likely and guided therapeutic decisions.