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Diagnostic pathology and molecular genetics of the thyroid / editors, Yuri E. Nikiforov, Paul W. Biddinger, Lester D.R. Thompson ; drawings by Marina N. Nikiforova and Paul W. Biddinger. - 2nd ed. - Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012. - xi, 436 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Normal anatomy and histology -- Embryology and developmental lesions -- Thyroid physiology -- Thyroiditis -- Diffuse and nodular hyperplasia -- Other non-neoplastic disorders -- Thyroid tumors : classification, staging, and general considerations -- Follicular adenoma -- Hyalinizing trabecular tumor -- Follicular carcinoma -- Papillary carcinoma -- Poorly differentiated carcinoma -- Anaplastic (undifferentiated) carcinoma -- Medullary carcinoma -- Rare primary thyroid epithelial tumors -- Rare primary thyroid non-epithelial tumors and tumor-like conditions -- Primary thyroid lymphoma -- Tumors metastatic to the thyroid -- Gross examination -- Principles of molecular diagnostics in thyroid samples -- Molecular testing of thyroid FNA samples.

ISBN: 9781451114553 (alk. paper) 1451114559 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011045972

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Thyroid gland--Cancer--Diagnosis.
Thyroid gland--Cancer--Molecular aspects.
Pathology, Surgical.
Thyroid Neoplasms--diagnosis.
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques--methods.
Pathology, Surgical--methods.
Thyroid Diseases--diagnosis.
Thyroid Diseases--genetics.
Thyroid Neoplasms--genetics.

LC Class. No.: RC280.T6 / D528 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 616.99/444

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WK 270