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thyroid epithelial tumors

thyroid epithelial tumours

Types

A. Benign thyroid epithelial tumors: thyroid adenomas

1. thryoid follicular adenoma (thryoid vesicular adenoma) 2. Others

B. Malignant thyroid epithelial tumors: thyroid carcinomas

1. thyroid follicular carcinoma

  • minimally invasive
  • widely invasive
  • poorly differentiated

2. thryoid papillary carcinoma

  • papillary microcarcinoma
  • follicular variant
  • diffuse sclerosing variant

3. thyroid medullary carcinoma

  • mixed medullary-follicular carcinoma

4. Undifferentiated carcinoma - anaplastic carcinoma

5. Others

- SETTLE (spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation)

See also

- Thyroid