Pitfalls in Challenging Thyroid Tumors: Emphasis on Differential Diagnosis and Ancillary Biomarkers
Open Access
- 6 July 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Endocrine Pathology
- Vol. 31 (3), 197-217
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12022-020-09638-x
Abstract
Thyroid pathology encompasses a heterogenous group of clinicopathological entities including rare and diagnostically challenging neoplasms. The review is focused on morphological, immunohistochemical, and molecular features of rare thyroid neoplasms that can pose diagnostic problems. The tumors are organized based on growth patterns including thyroid neoplasms with predominantly papillary, follicular, solid, and spindle cell growth pattern, as well as neoplasms with distinct cytological characteristics. A special section is also dedicated to rare thyroid tumors with peculiar patterns including thyroid carcinoma with Ewing family tumor elements and intrathyroidal thymic-related neoplasms.Funding Information
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI19/01316-FEDER)
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