Neoplastic Process
follicular thyroid carcinoma
fol·lic·u·lar thy·roid car·ci·no·ma
Subclass of:
Adenocarcinoma
Definitions related to follicular thyroid carcinoma:
  • (carcinoma, follicular cell, malignant) A malignant neoplasia arising from follicular cells of the thyroid gland.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (follicular thyroid cancer) Cancer that forms in follicular cells in the thyroid. It grows slowly and is highly treatable.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (adenocarcinoma, follicular) An adenocarcinoma of the thyroid gland, in which the cells are arranged in the form of follicles. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The presence of an follicular adenocarcinoma of the thyroid gland.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • (thyroid gland follicular carcinoma) A differentiated adenocarcinoma arising from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. The nuclear features which characterize the thyroid gland papillary carcinoma are absent. Radiation exposure is a risk factor and it comprises approximately 10% to 15% of thyroid cancers. Clinically, it usually presents as a solitary mass in the thyroid gland. It is generally unifocal and thickly encapsulated and shows invasion of the capsule or the vessels. Diagnostic procedures include thyroid ultrasound and fine needle biopsy.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Cancer of the thyroid is the most common endocrine malignancy. Thyroid neoplasms arising from follicular cells (adenoma, carcinoma, and follicular/papillary carcinoma) show a broad range of overlapping clinical and cytologic features.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
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