THYROID LYMPHOMA
THYROID LYMPHOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Classically, primary thyroid lymphomas occur in patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis and are usually non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas. Lymphomas include the “small…
THYROID TERATOMA
THYROID TERATOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Related posts: REGULATION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR AND BINDING PROTEIN GONADOTROPE ADENOMAS OF THE PITUITARY PROLACTIN HYPERSECRETION DEFINITIONS THYROID-HORMONE…
THYROID SARCOMAS
THYROID SARCOMAS Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ True sarcomas of the thyroid are quite rare and must be differentiated from anaplastic cancers with sarcomatoid features. Careful analysis…
MIXED MEDULLARY-FOLLICULAR AND MEDULLARY-PAPILLARY CARCINOMA
MIXED MEDULLARY-FOLLICULAR AND MEDULLARY-PAPILLARY CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Rarely, thyroid cancers may display features of both medullary and follicular carcinoma.42 These tumors are distinct from…
MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA
MUCOEPIDERMOID CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Related posts: PRESYNAPTIC MODULATION CONTRASEXUAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY IDIOPATHIC OR CYCLIC EDEMA ALOPECIA EFFECTS ON BONE MINERAL DENSITY CALCIUM BALANCE DURING…
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID
SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE THYROID Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid is defined by the WHO classification as a tumor…
DIFFUSE SCLEROSING PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER
DIFFUSE SCLEROSING PAPILLARY THYROID CANCER Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Although initially described in 1953,35 the diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary cancer was first formally defined in…
COLUMNAR CELL VARIANT OF PAPILLARY CARCINOMA
COLUMNAR CELL VARIANT OF PAPILLARY CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Columnar cell variant is similar to TCV in that it appears to be a dedifferentiated subtype…
TALL CELL VARIANT OF PAPILLARY CARCINOMA
TALL CELL VARIANT OF PAPILLARY CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ The tall cell variant of papillary cancer (TCV) was first identified in a subgroup of papillary…
POORLY DIFFERENTIATED (“INSULAR”) CARCINOMA
POORLY DIFFERENTIATED (“INSULAR”) CARCINOMA Part of “CHAPTER 41 – UNUSUAL THYROID CANCERS“ Insular thyroid carcinoma was originally described as Wuchernde Struma20 and later became known as insular carcinoma because of…
