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'''Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary like-nuclear features''' is a proposed term for encapsulated thyroid tumours with papillary-like features. It is abbreviated '''NIFTP'''<ref>URL: [http://lesterthompsonmd.com/medical-techniques/2016-scpmg-thyroid-niftp/ http://lesterthompsonmd.com/medical-techniques/2016-scpmg-thyroid-niftp/]. Accessed on: 26 March 2016.</ref> and pronounced ''nift-pee''. | '''Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary like-nuclear features''' is a proposed term for encapsulated thyroid tumours with papillary-like features. It is abbreviated '''NIFTP'''<ref>URL: [http://lesterthompsonmd.com/medical-techniques/2016-scpmg-thyroid-niftp/ http://lesterthompsonmd.com/medical-techniques/2016-scpmg-thyroid-niftp/]. Accessed on: 26 March 2016.</ref> and pronounced ''nift-pee''. | ||
The term ''NIFTP'' is compromise of sorts and probably best described as a [[Wikipedia:Acronym#Contrived_acronyms|contrived acronym]] that can easily be pronounced; ''NIFTNPLNF'' isn't catchy ''or'' easy to pronounce. | The term ''NIFTP'' is a compromise of sorts and probably best described as a [[Wikipedia:Acronym#Contrived_acronyms|contrived acronym]] that can easily be pronounced; ''NIFTNPLNF'' isn't catchy ''or'' easy to pronounce. | ||
If one wants to make it a [[Wikipedia:Backronym|backronym]], ''NIFTP'' could be ''noninvasive follicular tumour, papillary-like''. | If one wants to make it a [[Wikipedia:Backronym|backronym]], ''NIFTP'' could be ''noninvasive follicular tumour, papillary-like''. | ||
Revision as of 04:31, 26 March 2016
Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary like-nuclear features is a proposed term for encapsulated thyroid tumours with papillary-like features. It is abbreviated NIFTP[1] and pronounced nift-pee.
The term NIFTP is a compromise of sorts and probably best described as a contrived acronym that can easily be pronounced; NIFTNPLNF isn't catchy or easy to pronounce.
If one wants to make it a backronym, NIFTP could be noninvasive follicular tumour, papillary-like.
General
- Encapsulated thyroid tumours with nuclear papillary-like features without invasion have a good prognosis, and labelling them as cancer is probably not unwarranted.[2]
- Can only be diagnosed on excisional specimens where the entire tumour capsule is sampled.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://lesterthompsonmd.com/medical-techniques/2016-scpmg-thyroid-niftp/. Accessed on: 26 March 2016.
- ↑ Ganly, I.; Wang, L.; Tuttle, RM.; Katabi, N.; Ceballos, GA.; Harach, HR.; Ghossein, R. (May 2015). "Invasion rather than nuclear features correlates with outcome in encapsulated follicular tumors: further evidence for the reclassification of the encapsulated papillary thyroid carcinoma follicular variant.". Hum Pathol 46 (5): 657-64. doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2015.01.010. PMID 25721865.