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This article deals only with thyroid cytopathology. An introduction to cytopathology is in the ''[[cytopathology]]'' article. Head and neck cytopathology is dealt with in the ''[[Head and neck cytopathology]]'' article. | This article deals only with thyroid cytopathology. An introduction to cytopathology is in the ''[[cytopathology]]'' article. Head and neck cytopathology is dealt with in the ''[[Head and neck cytopathology]]'' article. | ||
=Normal thyroid | =Normal thyroid= | ||
===Radiology=== | |||
Benign features - terms:<ref name=pmid19542415>{{Cite journal | last1 = Bonavita | first1 = JA. | last2 = Mayo | first2 = J. | last3 = Babb | first3 = J. | last4 = Bennett | first4 = G. | last5 = Oweity | first5 = T. | last6 = Macari | first6 = M. | last7 = Yee | first7 = J. | title = Pattern recognition of benign nodules at ultrasound of the thyroid: which nodules can be left alone? | journal = AJR Am J Roentgenol | volume = 193 | issue = 1 | pages = 207-13 | month = Jul | year = 2009 | doi = 10.2214/AJR.08.1820 | PMID = 19542415 }}</ref> | |||
*Spongiform configuration. | |||
*Colloid clot - cyst. | |||
*Giraffe pattern. | |||
*Diffuse hyperechogenicity. | |||
===Follicular cells=== | ===Follicular cells=== | ||
*Uniform spacing of cells. | *Uniform spacing of cells. | ||