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==General==
==General==
*Extremely rare.
*Extremely rare - less than 15 cases reported in the literature.<ref name=pmid24025519/>
*Large age range (29-83 years old).
 
==Gross==
*Solid, brown and well circumscribed.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features:
Features:<ref name=pmid24025519/>
*Thyroid follicule-like structures with eosinophilic material.
*Thyroid follicule-like structures - both microfollicular and/or microfollicular.  **Contain dense-appearing eosinophilic material.
*Encapuslated.
*Nuclei round and regular with prominent nucleoli ([[ISUP nucleolar grade]] 2 or 3).
 
DDx:
*Metastatic carcinoma.
**[[Follicular thyroid carcinoma]].
**[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma follicular variant]].
 
==IHC==
Features:<ref name=pmid24025519/>
*TTF-1 -ve.
*Thyroglobulin -ve.
*CK7 +ve/-ve.
*PAX8 +ve/-ve.


==See also==
==See also==
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