Open AccessDiagnostic criteria of well differentiated thyroid tumor of uncertain malignant potential; a histomorphological and immunohistochemical appraisal
Author(s) -
Fatma El-Zahraa Salah El-Deen Yassin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2015.02.003
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , malignancy , immunostaining , pathology , thyroid carcinoma , immunohistochemistry , adenoma , thyroiditis
Well differentiated thyroid tumor of uncertain malignant potential (WDT-UMP) represents a true "gray zone" of "follicular patterned" thyroid lesions, that needs to be characterized in order to outright the diagnosis of carcinoma and avoid unnecessary aggressive treatment.