Difference between revisions of "C-cell hyperplasia"
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***Not at the poles. | ***Not at the poles. | ||
***Not in the isthmus. | ***Not in the isthmus. | ||
*Definitions vary.<ref>SR. 17 January 2011.</ref> | *Definitions vary.<ref>SR. 17 January 2011.</ref> | ||
*One definition - either of the following:<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> | |||
One definition - either of the following:<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> | *#>50 C-cells per low-power field (x100). | ||
#>50 C-cells per low-power field (x100). | *#*This part of the definition suffers from [[LPFitis]]. | ||
#*This part of the definition suffers from [[LPFitis]] | *#Confined to the thyroid gland and no larger than 10 mm in greatest dimension. | ||
#Confined to the thyroid gland and no larger than 10 mm in greatest dimension. | *Another definition: | ||
**Invasion of the basement membrane with stromal reaction. | |||
Another definition: | *A third definition: | ||
*Invasion of the basement membrane with stromal reaction. | **"Several clusters" of more than six C cells. | ||
A third definition: | |||
*"Several clusters" of more than six C cells. | |||
===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||