Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Accuracy of FNA Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management
Ustun B, Chhieng D, Prasad ML, Holt E, Hammers L, Carling T, Udelsman R, Adeniran AJ. Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Accuracy of FNA Diagnosis and Implications for Patient Management. Endocrine Pathology 2014, 25: 257-264. PMID: 24696132, DOI: 10.1007/s12022-014-9301-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFinal diagnosisPapillary thyroid carcinomaCytologic diagnosisDiagnostic accuracySurgical interventionFollicular variantPatient managementThyroid carcinomaFollicular lesionsFine needle aspiration cytologyDiagnostic studiesFollicular neoplasm casesSubsequent surgical interventionBethesda classification systemDiagnosis of FVPTCFinal histologic diagnosisAccuracy of cytologyNeedle aspiration cytologyThyroid fine needle aspiration cytologyPercentage of casesBRAF mutation analysisCompletion thyroidectomyTotal thyroidectomyHistologic confirmationRetrospective review