2014
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
1998
Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Microsatellite Polymorphism Analysis of Follicular and Hürthle Cell Neoplasms of the Thyroid1
Segev D, Saji M, Phillips G, Westra W, Takiyama Y, Piantadosi S, Smallridge R, Nishiyama R, Udelsman R, Zeiger M. Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Microsatellite Polymorphism Analysis of Follicular and Hürthle Cell Neoplasms of the Thyroid1. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1998, 83: 2036-2042. PMID: 9626136, DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.6.4882.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPCR-based microsatellite polymorphism analysisMicrosatellite polymorphism analysisFollicular neoplasmCell neoplasmsAllelic alterationsSurgical managementIntraoperative frozen section examinationVariants of follicular neoplasmsPreoperative fine-needle aspirationPolymorphism analysisRecommended surgical managementFrozen section examinationOptimal surgical managementChromosome arms 1qFine-needle aspirationFisher's exact testAdenoma to carcinomaTumor suppressor geneFollicular carcinomaFollicular adenomaThyroid neoplasmsCell carcinomaMalignant lesionsNeedle aspirationAspirated material