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'''Hürthle cell neoplasm''' is a rare tumour of the [[thyroid gland]] that can have a benign or malignant behaviour.
[[Image:Hurthle cell carcinoma -- very high mag.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Micrograph showing a (metastatic) Hürthle cell carcinoma. [[H&E stain]].]]
'''Hürthle cell neoplasm''' is a rare tumour of the [[thyroid gland]] that can have a benign or malignant behaviour. They are generally considered a subset of [[follicular neoplasm]],<ref name=pmid26530486>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wei | first1 = S. | last2 = LiVolsi | first2 = VA. | last3 = Montone | first3 = KT. | last4 = Morrissette | first4 = JJ. | last5 = Baloch | first5 = ZW. | title = PTEN and TP53 Mutations in Oncocytic Follicular Carcinoma. | journal = Endocr Pathol | volume = 26 | issue = 4 | pages = 365-9 | month = Dec | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1007/s12022-015-9403-6 | PMID = 26530486 }}</ref><ref name=pmid24753500>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ustun | first1 = B. | last2 = Chhieng | first2 = D. | last3 = Van Dyke | first3 = A. | last4 = Carling | first4 = T. | last5 = Holt | first5 = E. | last6 = Udelsman | first6 = R. | last7 = Adeniran | first7 = AJ. | title = Risk stratification in follicular neoplasm: a cytological assessment using the modified Bethesda classification. | journal = Cancer Cytopathol | volume = 122 | issue = 7 | pages = 536-45 | month = Jul | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1002/cncy.21425 | PMID = 24753500 }}</ref> which includes [[follicular thyroid carcinoma]] and [[follicular thyroid adenoma]].


It may be referred to as ''[[oncocytic neoplasm]]''.
It may be referred to as ''[[oncocytic neoplasm]]''.  


'''Hürthle cell carcinoma''' and '''Hürthle cell adenoma''' redirect to here.
'''Hürthle cell carcinoma''' and '''Hürthle cell adenoma''' redirect to here.
==General==
==General==
*Incidence: uncommon.
*Incidence: uncommon.
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Suggestive for carcinoma:<ref name=pmid9697901/>
Suggestive for carcinoma:<ref name=pmid9697901/>
*Male.
*Male.
*>4 cm  
*>4 cm.
**Adenomas usu. <3 cm.
**Adenomas usu. <3 cm.
Definite for carcinoma:<ref name=pmid9697901/>
Definite for carcinoma:<ref name=pmid9697901/>
*Lymphovascular invasion.
*[[Lymphovascular invasion]].
*Capsular invasion.
*Capsular invasion.


===Gross===
====Risk of malignancy by tumour size====
Risk of malignancy by size - based on a series of 57 cases:<ref name=pmid9563543>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chen | first1 = H. | last2 = Nicol | first2 = TL. | last3 = Zeiger | first3 = MA. | last4 = Dooley | first4 = WC. | last5 = Ladenson | first5 = PW. | last6 = Cooper | first6 = DS. | last7 = Ringel | first7 = M. | last8 = Parkerson | first8 = S. | last9 = Allo | first9 = M. | title = Hürthle cell neoplasms of the thyroid: are there factors predictive of malignancy? | journal = Ann Surg | volume = 227 | issue = 4 | pages = 542-6 | month = Apr | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9563543 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Size
!Percentage<br>malignant
|-
| <=1 cm
| 17%
|-
|-
| 1-4 cm
| 23%
|-
| >4 cm
| 65%
|}
 
==Gross==
*Yellow.
*Yellow.
*Encapsulated.
*Encapsulated.
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*Medullary thyroid carcinoma oncocytic variant.
*Medullary thyroid carcinoma oncocytic variant.
*Others.
*Others.
===Images===
<gallery>
Image: Hurthle cell carcinoma -- intermed mag.jpg | HCC - intermed. mag. (WC)
Image: Hurthle cell carcinoma -- high mag.jpg | HCC - high mag. (WC)
Image: Hurthle cell carcinoma -- very high mag.jpg | HCC - very high mag. (WC)
Image: Hurthle cell carcinoma - atl -- very high mag.jpg | HCC - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


==IHC==
==IHC==
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*[[Thyroid gland]].
*[[Thyroid gland]].
*[[Oncocytoma]].
*[[Oncocytoma]].
*[[Follicular neoplasm]].


==References==
==References==
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