Papillary carcinoma of thyroid: classical and variants.
Papillary carcinoma, the commonest primary cancer of thyroid, exhibits a broad morphological spectrum. In this review, the clinicopathological features of papillary carcinoma, classical and its variants (follicular, solid, cribriform, variant with exuberant nodular fasciitis-like stroma, encapsulated, diffuse sclerosing, diffuse follicular, tall cell, columnar cell, oxyphil cell, "dedifferentiated", occult, latent and microcarcinoma) are summarized.
Chan
J K
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Institute of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.
D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*