Rare Tumors of the Thyroid Gland Diagnosis and WHO classification /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cameselle-Teijeiro, José Manuel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Eloy, Catarina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sobrinho-Simões, Manuel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Pathology.; Endocrinology .; Endocrinology.

This book documents the most important clinicopathological features of rare thyroid tumours with an emphasis (and ample documentation) on their histological and immunohistochemical aspects. Whenever necessary, namely for differential diagnosis and/or therapy purposes, molecular data are also highlig...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Clinical Features
• Patient Examination
• Sampling Methods
• Rare variants of Papillary Carcinoma (PTCs)
• Rare variants of Follicular Carcinoma (FTCs)
• Rare variants of Hürthle cell (oncocytic) carcinoma
• Rare variants of Medullary carcinoma (MTCs)
• Rare variants of poorly differentiated carcinoma
• Epithelial and border-line epithelial tumors
• Soft Tissue Tumors
• Lympho-hematopoietic Tumors
• Other Tumors
• Rare Benign Tumors and rare tumor-like conditions
• Therapeutic options
• Conclusions
• Diagram for differential diagnosis based on the predominant morphology.  .