Thyroid Path Flashcards
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variation in follicle size = multinodular goiter
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FNA microfollicular pattern
suspicious –> do surgical biopsy
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papillary carcinoma
papillary archetecture
nuclear grooves
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follicular adenoma
microfollicular pattern + CAPSULE around solitary nodule
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follicular carcinoma
INVASION: vascular and transcapsular
microfollicular pattern
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anaplastic carcinoma of thyroid
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Hurthle’s cells in hashimoto’s thyroiditis
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follicular adenoma b/c encapsulated
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orphan-annie eye cells in papillary carcinoma
may also see nuclear grooves
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