NEW AP104 Pitfalls and Diagnostic Problems in Follicular Nodules of the Thyroid
2:00–5:30 pm
3.0 CME CREDITS
Practicing pathologists who provide definitive diagnoses on thyroid follicular nodules in their daily practice will benefit from this course. Faculty will cover the gamut of hyperplastic, benign neoplastic and malignant thyroid lesions. Specific cases include hyperplastic adenomatoid nodules, hyperplastic nodules with partial or incomplete encapsulation, benign reactive nodules with a “pseudocapsule,” benign follicular neoplasms, and well-differentiated follicular carcinoma. Learn to distinguish follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma from other mimickers and other follicular-patterned neoplasms that may enter into the differential diagnosis. Lastly, faculty will review the role of special stains, including immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology, for the evaluation of these lesions.
You will learn to:
- Apply appropriate criteria for the diagnosis of follicular neoplasms of the thyroid
- Select appropriate immunohistochemical stains for the diagnosis of follicular neoplasms
- Develop criteria for separating follicular variant of papillary carcinoma from other follicular neoplasms
Faculty
Saul Suster, MD, FCAP
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