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'''C-cell hyperplasia''' is a pathology of the [[thyroid gland]] and considered the precursor for [[medullary | '''C-cell hyperplasia''' is a pathology of the [[thyroid gland]] and considered the precursor for [[medullary thyroid carcinoma]]. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
Revision as of 06:13, 4 March 2015
C-cell hyperplasia is a pathology of the thyroid gland and considered the precursor for medullary thyroid carcinoma.
General
- Screening for C-cell hyperplasia/medullary thyroid carcinoma done with serum calcitonin level.[1]
Gross
- Not visible.
Microscopic
Features:
- Location:[2]
- Mid portion of lobe to upper third of lobe.
- Not at the poles.
- Not in the isthmus.
- Mid portion of lobe to upper third of lobe.
- Definitions vary.[3]
One definition - either of the following:[1]
- >50 C-cells per low-power field (x100).
- This part of the definition suffers from LPFitis. The paper should have been rejected.
- Confined to the thyroid gland and no larger than 10 mm in greatest dimension.
Another definition:
- Invasion of the basement membrane with stromal reaction.
A third definition:
- "Several clusters" of more than six C cells.
Images
- CCH - crappy B&W image (nature.com).[4]
- CCH - crappy B&W image (nature.com).
- CCH (forpath.org).[5]
- CCH (unibas.ch).
- Nodular CCH (unibas.ch).
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Machens A, Hoffmann F, Sekulla C, Dralle H (December 2009). "Importance of gender-specific calcitonin thresholds in screening for occult sporadic medullary thyroid cancer". Endocr. Relat. Cancer 16 (4): 1291–8. doi:10.1677/ERC-09-0136. PMID 19726541. http://erc.endocrinology-journals.org/cgi/content/full/16/4/1291.
- ↑ URL: http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2011/Thyroid_11protocol.pdf. Accessed on: 7 April 2012.
- ↑ SR. 17 January 2011.
- ↑ Guyétant, S.; Josselin, N.; Savagner, F.; Rohmer, V.; Michalak, S.; Saint-André, JP. (Aug 2003). "C-cell hyperplasia and medullary thyroid carcinoma: clinicopathological and genetic correlations in 66 consecutive patients.". Mod Pathol 16 (8): 756-63. doi:10.1097/01.MP.0000081727.75778.0C. PMID 12920219.
- ↑ URL: http://www.forpath.org/workshops/0201/html/case_7.asp. Accessed on: 21 May 2013.