Diseases

Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

follicular thyroid carcinoma

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Description: NCI2016_NCI-GLOSS_1602D:Cancer that forms in follicular cells in the thyroid. It grows slowly and is highly treatable.|NCI2016_CDISC_1602D:A malignant neoplasia arising from follicular cells of the thyroid gland.|NCI2016_02D:A differentiated adenocarcinoma arising from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. The nuclear features which characterize the thyroid gland papillary carcinoma are absent. Radiation exposure is a risk factor and it comprises approximately 10% to 15% of thyroid cancers. Clinically, it usually presents as a solitary mass in the thyroid gland. It is generally unifocal and thickly encapsulated and shows invasion of the capsule or the vessels. Diagnostic procedures include thyroid ultrasound and fine needle biopsy.|MSH2017_2016_08_12:An adenocarcinoma of the thyroid gland, in which the cells are arranged in the form of follicles. (From Dorland, 27th ed)|HPO2016_07_04:The presence of an follicular adenocarcinoma of the thyroid gland. [HPO:probinson]

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