Neoplasms of the thyroid

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  • adenoma: benign, derived from follicular cells

  • adenocarcinoma: malignant, derived from follicular cells except for medullary Ca

    • papillary CA

    • follicular CA

    • medullary CA

    • anaplastic CA

  • incidence: women > men; increases with age

  • pathology: follicular; subtypes are fetal and embryonal. just know that’s abnormal—that’s good enough

Category: Pathology Notes

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