Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
Endocr Pathol. 2010 Mar;21(1):12-5. doi: 10.1007/s12022-010-9106-y.
Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma is an aggressive form of thyroid cancer with a significant mortality. This review describes the pathology of this variant, compares it to its pathologic mimics and discusses its clinical pathologic features. The literature on this tumor is reviewed. A brief discussion of molecular pathologic correlates is included.
甲状腺癌的高细胞型变体是一种具有显著死亡率的侵袭性甲状腺癌。本文描述了这种变体的病理学特征,将其与类似病变进行了比较,并讨论了其临床病理学特征。对该肿瘤的文献进行了回顾。还简要讨论了分子病理学相关性。