Abstract
A cohort of 1039 consecutive cases of thyroid carcinoma treated at a single institution and followed for an average of 11.9 years or until death included 102 encapsulated well-differentiated follicular-patterned tumors that had been diagnosed as carcinoma because of complete capsular invasion and/or papillary carcinoma-type nuclei. None of these cases were among the 67 patients from the cohort who died as a result of their thyroid carcinoma. The results of this study and a critical review of the pertinent literature indicate that tumors with these features are associated with an extremely favorable outcome and that they do not play a significant role in the fatality rate of thyroid carcinoma.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 868-872 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | American Journal of Surgical Pathology |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2010 |
Keywords
- Minimally invasive follicular carcinoma
- Thyroid cancer fatality rates
- Thyroid carcinoma
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anatomy
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Surgery