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Pathology of Follicular Cancer

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Follicular carcinomas are rather rare in the industrialized nations today (1,2). They do not have the nuclear features of papillary carcinoma, usually have no papillae, lack amyloid and calcitonin, and do not contain the numerous spindle cells, giant cells, and mitotic figures of undifferentiated (anaplastic) carcinoma. Most published classifications are based upon the degree of invasiveness of the cancer, but histological patterns of the neoplasm also may provide clues to likely behavior (3). At present, evaluating the relationship of the neoplasm to the surrounding tissues has proved to be the most useful guide to categorizing these tumors (4–7).

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  1. Department of Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Leonard Wartofsky MD, MPH, MACP (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard) (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard)

  2. Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

    Leonard Wartofsky MD, MPH, MACP (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard) (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard)

  3. George Washington University of Schools of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Leonard Wartofsky MD, MPH, MACP (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard) (Chairman, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown, Howard)

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Oertel, J., Oertel, Y. (2000). Pathology of Follicular Cancer. In: Wartofsky, L. (eds) Thyroid Cancer. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-199-2_28

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