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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
== Causes == | == Causes == | ||
* Benign thyroid nodule cause: | |||
* | ** Multinodular (sporadic) goiter ("colloid adenoma") | ||
* | ** Hashimoto's (chronic lymphocytic) thyroiditis | ||
* | ** Cysts (colloid, simple, or hemorrhagic) | ||
** Follicular adenomas | |||
** Macrofollicular adenomas | |||
* | ** Microfollicular or cellular adenomas | ||
* | ** Hürthle cell (oxyphil cell) adenomas | ||
** Macro- or microfollicular patterns | |||
* Malignant thyroid nodule causes: | |||
** Papillary carcinoma | |||
** Follicular carcinoma | |||
** Minimally or widely invasive | |||
** Oxyphilic (Hürthle cell) type | |||
** Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features | |||
** Medullary carcinoma | |||
** Anaplastic carcinoma | |||
** Primary thyroid lymphoma | |||
** Metastatic carcinoma (breast, renal cell, others) | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Causes
- Benign thyroid nodule cause:
- Multinodular (sporadic) goiter ("colloid adenoma")
- Hashimoto's (chronic lymphocytic) thyroiditis
- Cysts (colloid, simple, or hemorrhagic)
- Follicular adenomas
- Macrofollicular adenomas
- Microfollicular or cellular adenomas
- Hürthle cell (oxyphil cell) adenomas
- Macro- or microfollicular patterns
- Malignant thyroid nodule causes:
- Papillary carcinoma
- Follicular carcinoma
- Minimally or widely invasive
- Oxyphilic (Hürthle cell) type
- Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features
- Medullary carcinoma
- Anaplastic carcinoma
- Primary thyroid lymphoma
- Metastatic carcinoma (breast, renal cell, others)