Diagnostic pathology and molecular genetics of the thyroid / editors, Yuri E. Nikiforov, Paul W. Biddinger, Lester D.R. Thompson ; drawings by Marina N. Nikiforova and Paul W. Biddinger.

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 436 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9781451114553 (alk. paper)
1451114559 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

616.99/444 23

LOC classification:

RC280.T6 D528 2012

NLM classification:

WK 270

Contents:

Normal anatomy and histology -- Embryology and developmental lesions -- Thyroid physiology -- Thyroiditis -- Diffuse and nodular hyperplasia -- Other non-neoplastic disorders -- Thyroid tumors : classification, staging, and general considerations -- Follicular adenoma -- Hyalinizing trabecular tumor -- Follicular carcinoma -- Papillary carcinoma -- Poorly differentiated carcinoma -- Anaplastic (undifferentiated) carcinoma -- Medullary carcinoma -- Rare primary thyroid epithelial tumors -- Rare primary thyroid non-epithelial tumors and tumor-like conditions -- Primary thyroid lymphoma -- Tumors metastatic to the thyroid -- Gross examination -- Principles of molecular diagnostics in thyroid samples -- Molecular testing of thyroid FNA samples.