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===Resident Questions===
 
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* <spoiler text="Diagnosis?">
 
* <spoiler text="Diagnosis?">
* Follicular neoplasm). </spoiler>
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* Papillary carcinoma. </spoiler>
 
* <spoiler text="What are the most common molecular associations?">
 
* <spoiler text="What are the most common molecular associations?">
* Ras mutation in 49%.  
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* Rearrangements of Ret proto-oncogene on Chromosome 10 (RET/PTC).  
* PAX8-PPAR gamma rearrangements in 36%.
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* Point mutations of BRAF and RAS </spoiler>
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* <spoiler text="What other entities of the thyroid may exhibit intranuclear pseudoinclusions?">
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*Medullary carcinoma. </spoiler>

Revision as of 16:28, 10 January 2014

Clinical History

32 year old male with a solid thyroid nodule on ultrasound.

Cytology

Resident Questions