title: [Thyroid papillary carcinoma and its variants].
abstract: The authors discuss the histological features of classical thyroid papillary carcinoma, with special emphasis on pathologic indicators related to prognosis. Its different variants are described, including: microcarcinoma, encapsulated variant, pure follicular variant, solid/trabecular variant, diffuse sclerosing and the cytologic variants of tall, columnar and oncocytic cell.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie Pathologique, Hôtel-Dieu, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borda
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bizollon
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery