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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (view source)
Revision as of 03:47, 23 March 2015
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*[[Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma]]. | *[[Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma]]. | ||
*[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]]. | *[[Papillary thyroid carcinoma]]. | ||
*[[Paraganglioma]] - Negative for keratin, calcitonin and CEA | |||
*[[Carcinoid]] - Negative for calcitonin | |||
*[[C-cell hyperplasia]] - Invasive medullary carcinoma shows fibrosis around tumor cells and stains more weakly for calcitonin. | |||
*[[Hurthle cell carcinoma]] | |||
**The oncocytic variant of medullary carcinoma can be confused with Hurthle cell carcinoma. Clues to suggest medullary carcinoma: | |||
***Cytoplasm is amphophilic as opposed to eosinophilic | |||
***Nests of tumour cells separated by fibrous septa | |||
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