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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Screening for C-cell hyperplasia/[[medullary thyroid carcinoma]] done with ''serum calcitonin level''.<ref name=pmid19726541>{{cite journal |author=Machens A, Hoffmann F, Sekulla C, Dralle H |title=Importance of gender-specific calcitonin thresholds in screening for occult sporadic medullary thyroid cancer |journal=Endocr. Relat. Cancer |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=1291–8 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19726541 |doi=10.1677/ERC-09-0136 |url=http://erc.endocrinology-journals.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/1291}}</ref> | *Screening for C-cell hyperplasia/[[medullary thyroid carcinoma]] done with ''serum calcitonin level''.<ref name=pmid19726541>{{cite journal |author=Machens A, Hoffmann F, Sekulla C, Dralle H |title=Importance of gender-specific calcitonin thresholds in screening for occult sporadic medullary thyroid cancer |journal=Endocr. Relat. Cancer |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=1291–8 |year=2009 |month=December |pmid=19726541 |doi=10.1677/ERC-09-0136 |url=http://erc.endocrinology-journals.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/1291}}</ref> | ||
===Gross=== | |||
*Not visible. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
Features: | Features: | ||
*Location:<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Thyroid_11protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Thyroid_11protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 7 April 2012.</ref> | |||
**Mid portion of lobe to upper third of lobe. | |||
***Not at the poles. | |||
***Not in the isthmus. | |||
*Definitions vary.<ref>SR. 17 January 2011.</ref> | *Definitions vary.<ref>SR. 17 January 2011.</ref> | ||