Difference between revisions of "Thyroid gland"

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===Tall cell variant===
===Tall cell variant===
====General====
====General====
*~10% of PTC.
*~10% of PTC.<ref>{{Ref Sternberg5|505}}</ref>
*Often large > 6 cm.


====Microscopic====
====Microscopic====
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====Microscopic====
====Microscopic====
Features:
Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg5_506>{{Ref Sternberg5|506}}</ref>
*Elongated nuclei (similar to colorectal adenocarcinoma) - '''key feature'''.
*Elongated nuclei (similar to colorectal adenocarcinoma) - '''key feature'''.
*Pseudostratification of the nuclei (like in colorectal adenocarcinoma), differentiates from ''tall cell variant'' - '''key feature'''.
*+/-Pseudostratification of the nuclei (like in colorectal adenocarcinoma), differentiates from ''tall cell variant''.
*Nuclear stratification - '''key feature'''.
*"Minimal" papillary features.
*"Minimal" papillary features.
*"Tall cells".
*"Tall cells".
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*Mitoses common.
*Mitoses common.
   
   
Image: [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/75000320/nfig003a?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Tall cell variant Pa ca (wiley.com)].
Image: [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/75000320/nfig003a?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 Columnar variant PTC (wiley.com)].
===Follicular variant===
===Follicular variant===
====General====
====General====
May be confused with follicular carcinoma or follicular adenoma.
*May be confused with follicular carcinoma or follicular adenoma.


====Microscopic====
====Microscopic====
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*Prominent follicles.
*Prominent follicles.
*Typically have less nuclear pseudoinclusions than the conventional type.
*Typically have less nuclear pseudoinclusions than the conventional type.
*+/-Capsule.


===Cribriform-morular variant===  
===Cribriform-morular variant===  
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DDx:  
DDx:  
*Lymphocytic thyroiditis (esp. Hashimoto's thyroiditis).
*Lymphocytic thyroiditis (esp. Hashimoto's thyroiditis).
===Warthin-like variant===
*Resemble [[Warthin tumour]].
====Microscopic====
Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg5_506>{{Ref Sternberg5|506}}</ref>
*Eosinophilic cytoplasm.
*Lymphocytic thyroiditis.
*Papillae.


==Insular carcinoma==
==Insular carcinoma==
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