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Thyroid follicular adenomas may display features of follicular carcinoma and follicular variant of papillary carcinoma.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Dec 2004
Vasko Vasily V, Gaudart Jean, Allasia Claude, Savchenko Victoria, Di Cristofaro Julie, Saji Motoyasu, Ringel Matthew D, De Micco Catherine
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid follicular adenomas (FA) are encapsulated tumors lacking vascular, capsular or lymphatic invasion and the typical nuclear features of papillary carcinoma (PC). However, some FA demonstrate nuclear atypia reminiscent of either follicular carcinomas (FC) or follicular variant of papillary carcinomas (FVPC), suggesting they may represent precursors of malignant transformation. We hypothesized that an...
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