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Multifocal fibrosing thyroiditis (view source)
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==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
Features:<ref name=pmid25353282/> | Features:<ref name=pmid25353282/> | ||
* | *Fibrotic foci - two foci required - '''key feature'''. | ||
** May be sharply demarcated from the surround parenchyma. | **May be: (1) sharply demarcated from the surround parenchyma (stellate or triangular) or (2) band-like. | ||
Note: | |||
*MFT on average has 16 foci of fibrosis. These foci range in size from approximately 0.35 to 15 mm.<ref name=pmid25353282/> | |||
*Should '''not''' have have [[nuclear pseudoinclusion]]s or [[psammoma bodies]].<ref name=pmid25353282/> | |||
DDx:<ref name=pmid25353282/> | DDx:<ref name=pmid25353282/> | ||