Follicular thyroid cancer classification
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2] Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[3]
Overview
Overview
Follicular thyroid cancer may be classified according to the degree of invasion into 3 sub-types: minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma, encapsulated angioinvasive follicular thyroid cancer, and widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma.
Classification
Classification
- Follicular thyroid cancer may be classified according to the degree of invasion into:[1]
- Minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma: when there is limited capsular and/or vascular invasion
- Encapsulated angioinvasive follicular thyroid cancer: when there is any evidence of vascular invasion.
- Widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma: when there is widespread infiltration of thyroid tissue and/or vascular invasion.
| Follicular thyroid cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma | Encapsulated angioinvasive follicular thyroid cancer | Widely invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- It has also been classified into conventional type and oncocytic type according to histologic factors.[2]
Reference
Reference
- ↑ DeLellis, Ronald (2004). Pathology and genetics of tumours of endocrine organs. Lyon: IARC Press. ISBN 9789283224167.
- ↑ Sobrinho-Simões, Manuel; Eloy, Catarina; Magalhães, João; Lobo, Cláudia; Amaro, Teresina (2011). “Follicular thyroid carcinoma”. Modern Pathology. 24: S10–S18. doi:10.1038/modpathol.2010.133. ISSN 0893-3952.
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