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Abstract

One major task of the surgical pathologist evaluating a thyroid specimen is to identify the infrequent thyroid neoplasm from among the vast majority of harmless thyroid nodules—an effort that is shared with the cytopathologist, endocrinologist, and surgeon. Thorough inspection and appropriate sampling of the thyroid is central to the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of thyroid lesions.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Weinberg Cancer Building, Room 2242, 401 North Broadway, 21231-2410, Baltimore, MD, USA

    William H. Westra M.D. & Ralph H. Hruban M.D.

  2. Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 7000, 21205-2100, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Timothy H. Phelps M.S.

  3. Department of Pathology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, C6-Path, 98101, Seattle, WA, USA

    Christina Isacson M.D.

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Westra, W.H., Phelps, T.H., Hruban, R.H., Isacson, C. (2003). Thyroid. In: Surgical Pathology Dissection. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21747-9_36

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