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→Follicular neoplasm
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**[[Follicular adenoma]]. | **[[Follicular adenoma]]. | ||
**[[Follicular carcinoma]]. | **[[Follicular carcinoma]]. | ||
Management: | |||
*Hemithyroidectomy. | |||
===Cytology=== | ===Cytology=== | ||
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*A few microfollicles are normal. | *A few microfollicles are normal. | ||
*''Atypia'' alone - "suspicious for malignancy" or "malignant". | *''Atypia'' alone - "suspicious for malignancy" or "malignant". | ||
*Nuclei are described as having the shape of an ''orange'' in follicular neoplasms... and ''potatoes'' in papillary thyroid carcinomas. | |||
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==Oncocytic neoplasm== | ==Oncocytic neoplasm== | ||