Article
Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: clinicopathologic features with BRAF(V600E) mutational analysis.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Dec 2013
Bernstein Jane, Virk Renu K, Hui Pei, Prasad Avinash, Westra William H, Tallini Giovanni, Adeniran Adebowale J, Udelsman Robert, Sasaki Clarence T, Roman Sanziana A, Sosa Julie A, Prasad Manju L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma is an aggressive subtype that generally presents as a large tumor in the advanced stage; however, little is known about the tall cell variant of microcarcinoma (tumors measuring <1 cm). In this study, we compare the tall cell variant of microcarcinoma (microTCV) with classic papillary microcarcinomas to examine the hypothesis that, despite the small...
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