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Papillary thyroid carcinoma variants.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Lloyd, Ricardo V. Buehler, Darya Khanafshar, Elham |
| Abstract | Papillary thyroid carcinomas are the most common thyroid cancers and constitute more than 70% of thyroid malignancies. The most common etiologic factor is radiation, but genetic susceptibility and other factors also contribute to the development of papillary thyroid carcinoma. The most common variants include conventional, follicular variant and tall cell variant. However, many other uncommon variants have been described including oncocytic, columnar cell, diffuse sclerosing and solid forms. Immunohistochemical staining with TTF-1 and thyroglobulin is very useful in confirming the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma especially in metastatic sites. Markers such as HBME-1 and CITED1 can assist in separating some difficult cases of follicular variants of papillary thyroid carcinomas from follicular adenomas. Molecular studies have shown that the BRAF V600E mutation is found mainly in papillary and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas. Other molecular markers such as HMGA2 and insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein 3 have been used recently as molecular tests to separate papillary thyroid carcinoma and its variants from follicular adenomas and other benign thyroid nodules. |
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| ISSN | 1936055X |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12105-010-0236-9 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC3037461 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| PubMed reference number | 21221869 |
| Journal | Head and Neck Pathology [Head Neck Pathol] |
| e-ISSN | 19360568 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer US |
| Publisher Date | 2011-01-08 |
| Publisher Place | Boston |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 |
| Subject Keyword | Papillary thyroid carcinoma Follicular variant Tall cell Columnar cell BRAF mutation RET/PTC HMGA2 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Otorhinolaryngology Pathology and Forensic Medicine Oncology |
