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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''. | ||