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**Papillary thyroid carcinoma - may be calcified.<ref>BEC. 20 October 2009.</ref> | **Papillary thyroid carcinoma - may be calcified.<ref>BEC. 20 October 2009.</ref> | ||
=Common | =Diagnoses= | ||
*Nodular hyperplasia. | ==Common== | ||
*Nodular hyperplasia -- most common. | |||
*Lymphocytic thyroiditis. | *Lymphocytic thyroiditis. | ||
*Papillary thyroid carcinoma -- most common cancer. | *Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) -- most common cancer. | ||
*Follicular adenoma. | *Follicular adenoma. | ||
*Follicular thryoid carcinoma. | *Follicular thryoid carcinoma. | ||
*Parathyroid tissue. | *Parathyroid tissue. | ||
==Pitfalls/weird stuff== | |||
*Thyroid tissue lateral to the jugular vein = metastatic PTC... even if it looks benign. | |||
*Hashimoto's disease may have so many lymphocytes that it mimics a lymph node -- may lead to misdiagnosis of PTC. | |||
*Parasitic nodule: clump of thyroid that is attached by a thin thread... but looks like a separate nodule; may lead to misdiagnosis of PTC. | |||
=Parathyroid tissue= | =Parathyroid tissue= | ||