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*NSE +ve.
*NSE +ve.


==Hürthle cell neoplasm==
==Hürthle cell neoplasms==
*This is a general category.
*[[AKA]] oncocytic neoplasm.
*[[AKA]] oncocytic neoplasm.


DDx:
===General===
*Hürthle cell adenoma.  
*Incidence: uncommon.
*Hürthle cell carcinoma.
*This is a general category - includes:
**Hürthle cell adenoma.  
**Hürthle cell carcinoma.


===General===
*Some advocate ''total thyroidectomy'' for all Hürthle cell neoplasms - as it is difficult to reliably differentiate adenomas and carcinomas.<ref name=pmid9697901>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wasvary | first1 = H. | last2 = Czako | first2 = P. | last3 = Poulik | first3 = J. | last4 = Lucas | first4 = R. | title = Unilateral lobectomy for Hurthle cell adenoma. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 64 | issue = 8 | pages = 729-32; discussion 732-3 | month = Aug | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9697901 }}</ref>
*Uncommon.
 
*Many advocate total thyroidectomy for all Hürthle cell neoplasm - as it is difficult to reliably differentiate adenomas and carcinomas.<ref name=pmid9697901>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wasvary | first1 = H. | last2 = Czako | first2 = P. | last3 = Poulik | first3 = J. | last4 = Lucas | first4 = R. | title = Unilateral lobectomy for Hurthle cell adenoma. | journal = Am Surg | volume = 64 | issue = 8 | pages = 729-32; discussion 732-3 | month = Aug | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9697901 }}
====Adenoma vs. carcinoma====
</ref>
Suggestive for carcinoma:<ref name=pmid9697901/>
*Male.
*>4 cm
**Adenomas usu. <3 cm.
Definite for carcinoma:<ref name=pmid9697901/>
*Lymphovascular invasion.
*Capsular invasion.


===Gross===
===Gross===
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Negatives:
Negatives:
*Lack nuclear features of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
*Lack nuclear features of [[papillary thyroid carcinoma]].
*Lack features of medullary thyroid carcinoma.
*Lack features of [[medullary thyroid carcinoma]].


DDx:<ref name=pmid18684023>{{cite journal |author=Montone KT, Baloch ZW, LiVolsi VA |title=The thyroid Hürthle (oncocytic) cell and its associated pathologic conditions: a surgical pathology and cytopathology review |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=132 |issue=8 |pages=1241–50 |year=2008 |month=August |pmid=18684023 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
DDx:<ref name=pmid18684023>{{cite journal |author=Montone KT, Baloch ZW, LiVolsi VA |title=The thyroid Hürthle (oncocytic) cell and its associated pathologic conditions: a surgical pathology and cytopathology review |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=132 |issue=8 |pages=1241–50 |year=2008 |month=August |pmid=18684023 |doi= |url=}}</ref>  
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