The triage efficacy of fine needle aspiration biopsy for follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma using the Bethesda reporting guidelines
β Scribed by Elizabeth M. Kurian; Marilyn Dawlett; Jianping Wang; Yun Gong; Ming Guo
- Book ID
- 112072621
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.21718
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Crile and Hazard reported in 1953 a follicular pattern of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Little has been said about this pattern in the cytologic literature. From more than 8,000 thyroid aspirates in our files, we reviewed all those diagnosed as ''follicular variant of papillary carcinoma,'' ''suspect
## BACKGROUND. The follicular variant of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid (FVPCT) is being increasingly diagnosed on excised thyroid nodules. However, the fineneedle aspiration (FNA) and intraoperative diagnosis is often that of a follicular neoplasm, especially in papillary carcinomas with a pu