Papillary carcinoma of thyroid: classical and variants |
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Authors: | J K Chan |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. |
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Abstract: | Papillary carcinoma, the commonest primary cancer of thyroid, exhibits a broad morphological spectrum. In this review, the clinicopathological features of papillary carcinoma, classical and its variants (follicular, solid, cribriform, variant with exuberant nodular fasciitis-like stroma, encapsulated, diffuse sclerosing, diffuse follicular, tall cell, columnar cell, oxyphil cell, "dedifferentiated", occult, latent and microcarcinoma) are summarized. |
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