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==Overview==
==Overview==
On biopsy, follicular thyroid cancer is characterized by trabecular or solid follicular tumor cells that invade tumor capsule and surrounding vascular structures.
==Key Biopsy Findings in Follicular Thyroid Cancer==
===Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy===
* The removal of thyroid tissue using a thin needle. The needle is inserted through the skin into the thyroid. Several tissue samples are removed from different parts of the thyroid.
===Surgical Biopsy===
* Surgical biopsy is the removal of the thyroid nodule or one lobe of the thyroid during surgery.
* On microscopic examination, trabecular follicular tumor cells that invade tumor capsule or surrounding vascular structures are found.


==Biopsy Exams of Follicular Thyroid Cancer==
==Other Diagnostic Studies==
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Image:Metastatic follicular thyroid carcinoma - Case 264.jpg|Metastatic follicular carcinoma<ref> Follicular thyroid cancer librepathology
(2015). http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/File:Metastatic_follicular_thyroid_carcinoma_-_Case_264_(8559837390).jpg  Accessed on October, 29 2015</ref>
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==References==
==References==

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