Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2014 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Surgical Pathology Clinics, volume 7, pages 475-489 (issn: 1875-9181,

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Authors: Namrata, Setia; Justine A, Barletta;

doi: 10.1016/j.path.2014.08.001

pmid: 26837549

Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

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Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma (PDTC) has been recognized for the past 30 years as an entity showing intermediate differentiation and clinical behavior between well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas (ie, papillary thyroid carcinoma and follicular thyroid carcinoma) and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma; however, there has been considerable controversy around the definition of PDTC. In this review, the evolution in the definition of PDTC, current diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, potentially helpful immunohistochemical studies, and molecular alterations are discussed with the aim of highlighting where the diagnosis of PDTC currently stands.

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