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'''Angioinvasion''', also '''vascular invasion''', is spread of tumour into a [[blood vessel]].<ref>URL: [https://www.tititudorancea.net/z/angioinvasion.htm https://www.tititudorancea.net/z/angioinvasion.htm]. Accessed on: 24 November 2016.</ref> | '''Angioinvasion''', also '''vascular invasion''', is spread of tumour into a [[blood vessel]].<ref>URL: [https://www.tititudorancea.net/z/angioinvasion.htm https://www.tititudorancea.net/z/angioinvasion.htm]. Accessed on: 24 November 2016.</ref> | ||
Angioinvasion is typically lumped with ''lymphatic invasion'' | Angioinvasion is typically lumped with ''lymphatic invasion'' and referred to as ''[[lymphovascular invasion]]''. This article only deals with ''angioinvasion''. | ||
==General== | ==General== | ||
The distinction between lymphatic invasion and lymphovascular invasion is usually ''not'' important. One important exception is the thyroid gland.<ref name=pmid21804527>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mete | first1 = O. | last2 = Asa | first2 = SL. | title = Pathological definition and clinical significance of vascular invasion in thyroid carcinomas of follicular epithelial derivation. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 12 | pages = 1545-52 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2011.119 | PMID = 21804527 }}</ref> | The distinction between lymphatic invasion and lymphovascular invasion is usually ''not'' important. One important exception is the [[thyroid gland]].<ref name=pmid21804527>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mete | first1 = O. | last2 = Asa | first2 = SL. | title = Pathological definition and clinical significance of vascular invasion in thyroid carcinomas of follicular epithelial derivation. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 24 | issue = 12 | pages = 1545-52 | month = Dec | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2011.119 | PMID = 21804527 }}</ref> | ||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||