Question:
What is follicular thyroid carcinoma?
Author: H KAnswer:
10-15%, 40-50 yrs old. Macroscopy well demarcated nodule or widely invasive mass, DD: Adenoma. Microscopy: most composed of uniform cells forming small follicles, Hurthle cells may be seen, may be widely invasive infiltrating the thyroid parenchyma and extrathyroid soft tissues/minimally invasive, latter one is sharply demarcated may be impossible to distinguish from follicular adenoma, only seen by histology to see capsular invasion
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