Follicular thyroid cancer differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
Overview
Follicular thyroid cancer must be differentiated from other diseases that cause neck masses such as goiter, Grave's disease, Hurthle cell carcinoma, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, and medullary thyroid carcinoma.[1]
Differentiating Follicular thyroid cancer from other Diseases
- Goiter
- Follicular adenoma
- Plummer's disease
- Toxic nodular goiter
- Grave's disease
- Hurthle cell carcinoma
- Thyroid nodule
- Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
- Papillary thyroid carcinoma
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Reference
- ↑ Thyroid Cancer Cancer.gov (2015). http://www.cancer.gov/types/thyroid/hp/thyroid-treatment-pdq#section/_6- Accessed on October, 29 2015