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Review
. 2006 Apr;448(4):385-93.
doi: 10.1007/s00428-006-0162-0. Epub 2006 Feb 28.

How to define follicular thyroid carcinoma?

Kurt Werner Schmid  1 , Nadir Rashad Farid
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Review

How to define follicular thyroid carcinoma?

Kurt Werner Schmid et al. Virchows Arch. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

The appropriate diagnosis of follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) still depends on its histological discrimination from follicular adenoma (including the distinction of benign from malignant oncocytic variants), papillary thyroid carcinoma (particularly from the follicular variants) and poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma. The use of immunohistochemical markers contributed only marginally to better defining FTC. The introduction of the micro array technique, however, may offer the possibility of getting a better insight into the natural history, as well as predicting the clinical course, of a given thyroid nodule. This review attempts to recapitulate common standards in the diagnosis of FTC, to summarise current molecular data available to distinguish FTC from other benign and malignant tumours and, finally, to outline future perspectives to define FTC on its specific genetic features.

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