Common Diagnostic Pitfalls in Thyroid Cytopathology

✍ Scribed by Adebowale J. Adeniran, David Chhieng (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 344
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This text provides a comprehensive review of the most frequently encountered diagnostic pitfalls in thyroid cytopathology. Written in a case study format, the text provides the most current and complete information on both non-neoplastic and neoplastic thyroid conditions. Each chapter focuses on a specific diagnostic challenge and/or pitfalls that help in the differential diagnosis as well as the judicious use of ancillary studies when necessary. A review of the current literature as it relates to each disease entity is also incorporated into respective chapters. Highly illustrated with ample illustration of microscopic features to tackle common and uncommon diagnostic challenge in everyday routine practice. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the common cytologic features needed to resolve the diagnostic pitfalls.

Common Diagnostic Pitfalls in Thyroid Cytopathology serve as a very useful resource for pathologists and physicians dealing with, and interested in the thyroid.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Aspirates with Macrophages and/or Colloid Only....Pages 1-11
Usefulness of Subclassification of Follicular Lesion of Undetermined Significance....Pages 13-22
Cytologic Atypia in Toxic Goiter....Pages 23-32
Hürthle Cell Lesions....Pages 33-57
Hashimoto Thyroiditis....Pages 59-72
Lymphocyte-Only Aspirates....Pages 73-87
Molecular Testing....Pages 89-107
Cystic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 109-120
Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 121-136
Variants of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 137-180
Medullary Carcinoma....Pages 181-207
Hyalinizing Trabecular Tumor....Pages 209-224
Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 225-238
Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma....Pages 239-262
Metastatic Neoplasms to the Thyroid....Pages 263-280
Thyroglobulin Detection in Fine-Needle Aspiration of Nodal Metastases from Differentiated Thyroid Cancers....Pages 281-288
Pediatric Thyroid FNA....Pages 289-297
Ectopic Thyroid Tissue Versus Nodal Metastasis....Pages 299-307
Parathyroid Tissue Versus Thyroid Tissue....Pages 309-321
Evaluation of Thyroid Bed Sampling....Pages 323-337
Back Matter....Pages 339-343

✦ Subjects

Pathology; Endocrinology