Difference between revisions of "Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features"

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==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
Features of NIFTP:<ref name=thompson>URL: [http://lesterthompsonmd.com/pdf/2016%20SCPMG%20Thyroid%20NIFTP%20Education%20Module.pdf http://lesterthompsonmd.com/pdf/2016%20SCPMG%20Thyroid%20NIFTP%20Education%20Module.pdf]. Accessed on: 5 April 2016.</ref>
Features of NIFTP:<ref name=thompson>URL: [http://lesterthompsonmd.com/pdf/2016%20SCPMG%20Thyroid%20NIFTP%20Education%20Module.pdf http://lesterthompsonmd.com/pdf/2016%20SCPMG%20Thyroid%20NIFTP%20Education%20Module.pdf]. Accessed on: 5 April 2016.</ref>
*Major features:
*Major features - all required for diagnosis:
**Nuclear features of papillary thyroid carcinoma - 2 or 3 of the following:
**Nuclear features of papillary thyroid carcinoma - 2 or 3 of the following:
**#Nuclear membranes changes (irregular membrane contours, nuclear grooves, nuclear pseudoinclusions).
**#Nuclear membranes changes (irregular membrane contours, nuclear grooves, nuclear pseudoinclusions).
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**Follicular pattern.
**Follicular pattern.
*Minor features:
*Minor features:
**Dark colloid.
**Intratumoural fibrosis, eosinophilic and paucicellular.
**Intratumoural fibrosis, eosinophilic and paucicellular.
**Clefting of follicules from surrounding stroma.
**Clefting of follicules from surrounding stroma.
**Multinucleated cells.
**Multinucleated cells.
**Dark colloid.


Features that exclude the diagnosis of NIFTP:<ref name=thompson/>
Features that exclude the diagnosis of NIFTP:<ref name=thompson/>
*True papillae >1% of the tumour.
*True papillae >1% within the tumour.
*[[Psammoma bodies]].
*[[Psammoma bodies]].
*Infiltration of the capsule ''or'' an infiltrative border.
*Infiltration of the capsule ''or'' an infiltrative border.
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