Essentials of Thyroid Cancer Management by Robert J. Amdur, Ernest L. Mazzaferri

By Robert J. Amdur, Ernest L. Mazzaferri

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POORLY DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER (INSULAR CARCINOMA) These tumors are derived from follicular epithelial cells and are intermediate between differentiated and undifferentiated (anaplastic) thyroid carcinomas both histologically and in terms of biologic behavior. Most poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas are widely invasive and may show extension beyond the thyroid gland. Insular carcinoma refers to a distinct pattern of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma in which the tumor cells are arranged in discrete nests separated by fibrous stroma (nests or insulae, meaning islands) (Fig.

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Minimally invasive follicular and H¨urthle cell carcinomas). DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER The first major subdivision of follicular tumors is based on the degree of tumor differentiation. The term “differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC)” describes all well differentiated thyroid cancers of follicular cell origin. The two major subgroups of DTC are papillary carcinoma and follicular carcinoma. The architectural and cytologic features of the tumor distinguish papillary from follicular carcinoma. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma The distinguishing feature of a papillary carcinoma is malignant cytologic (nuclear) changes.

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