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==Insular carcinoma== | ==Insular carcinoma== | ||
General:<ref name=pmid17665497>{{cite journal |author=Rufini V, Salvatori M, Fadda G, ''et al.'' |title=Thyroid carcinomas with a variable insular component: prognostic significance of histopathologic patterns |journal=Cancer |volume=110 |issue=6 |pages=1209–17 |year=2007 |month=September |pmid=17665497 |doi=10.1002/cncr.22913 |url=}}</ref> | ===General=== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid17665497>{{cite journal |author=Rufini V, Salvatori M, Fadda G, ''et al.'' |title=Thyroid carcinomas with a variable insular component: prognostic significance of histopathologic patterns |journal=Cancer |volume=110 |issue=6 |pages=1209–17 |year=2007 |month=September |pmid=17665497 |doi=10.1002/cncr.22913 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*Rare - approximately 5% of all thyroid carcinomas. | *Rare - approximately 5% of all thyroid carcinomas. | ||
*Thought to be a separate tumour from papillary thyroid carcinoma and follicular thyroid carcinoma with a focal insular pattern. | *Thought to be a separate tumour from papillary thyroid carcinoma and follicular thyroid carcinoma with a focal insular pattern. | ||
*Some lump this entity with papillary carcinoma, i.e. consider it a variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. | *Some lump this entity with papillary carcinoma, i.e. consider it a variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. | ||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid17665497/> | Features:<ref name=pmid17665497/> | ||
*Islands of cells - '''key feature'''. | *Islands of cells - '''key feature'''. | ||