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thyroid follicular adenoma
thy·roid fol·lic·u·lar ad·e·no·ma
Definitions related to thyroid gland follicular adenoma:
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(adenoma, follicular cell, benign) A benign neoplasm arising from follicular cells of the thyroid gland.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(thyroid adenoma) A non-malignant neoplasm of the thyroid gland arising from epithelial cells.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(thyroid adenoma) The presence of a adenoma of the thyroid gland.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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A benign, encapsulated tumor, arising from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. It may be associated with thyroid hormone secretion but it does not have malignant characteristics.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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