title: [Thyroid insular carcinoma].
abstract: This review article illustrates the several histological and immunohistochemical patterns of thyroid insular carcinoma and their associated disease. Differential diagnosis are also discussed. Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinomas are overviewed. The interest of transgenic mice models is presented.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Franc
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ledent
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: de Saint-Maur
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parmentier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor