Archive | 2019
Aggressive/Non-aggressive Oncocytic/Non-oncocytic Variants of Papıllary Thyroid Carcınoma
Abstract
Thyroid cancer has increased more than any other malignancy including cervix uteri, breast, colon, and prostate cancer. In those, papillary thyroid carcinoma is the most common thyroid malignancy, and the number of variants of papillary carcinoma has increased compared to the past decades. Some of them has been proved with the poor clinical outcome that defined aggressive variants and already has been placed in the recent manifestos of many international societies with the comprehensive therapy managements. For those practicing cytology, it is now a necessity to differentiate aggressive variants from non-aggressive ones in the name of providing appropriate surgery. This chapter aims to emphasize and make a practical cytomorphological and pathological summary of the variants based on an algorithmic approach.