Synonyms

Follicular carcinoma, NOS

Definitions

Thyroid gland
ICD-O-3 topography code:	C73
ICD10:	C73

/span>ollicular carcinoma is a differentiated adenocarcinoma arising from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. Histologically, it shows a papillary architecture and is reactive for thyroglobulin and thyroid transcription factor?1 (TTF-1) ¹

Ronald A. DeLellis, Ricardo V. Lloyd, Philipp U. Heitz, Charis Eng
World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of Endocrine Organs
IARC Press: Lyon 2004

. Activating mutations in codon 61 of the NRAS or HRAS genes and rearrangement of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG) gene are genetic hallmarks ²

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Nikiforova MN, Lynch RA, Biddinger PW, Alexander EK, Dorn GW, Tallini G, Kroll TG, Nikiforov YE (2003)
RAS point mutations and PAX8-PPAR gamma rearrangement in thyroid tumors: evidence for distinct molecular pathways in thyroid follicular carcinoma.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 88: 2318-26

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Follicular carcinoma accounts for 10-15% of thyroid malignancies, is more common in women and tends to occur in patients in the fifth decade. Iodine deficiency and radiation exposure are considered risk factors. Clinically, follicular carcinoma usually presents as a solitary encapsulated mass. Minimally invasive follicular carcinomas have a very low mortality of 3 to 5%. Widely invasive carcinomas may metastasize and have a long term mortality of approximately 50% ³

Ronald A. DeLellis, Ricardo V. Lloyd, Philipp U. Heitz, Charis Eng
World Health Organization Classification of Tumours. Pathology and Genetics of Tumors of Endocrine Organs
IARC Press: Lyon 2004

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