This study was conducted under approval by the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board (# PRO1409002). A total of 10 cases of sclerosing mucoepidermoid carcinoma with eosinophilia were ...

Large thyroid nodules in asymptomatic patients show malignancy and false-negative rates on fine needle aspiration (FNA) that are similar to those of small nodules, suggesting that nodule size alone ...

A 59-year-old African American male presented to his primary care physician complaining of lower back pain and lower extremity paresthesias. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine revealed a ...

As Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, top medical experts are reminding the public of signs, symptoms and treatment options. So, what is thyroid cancer and who is most at risk? The odds ...

Thyroid nodules are lumps that can develop on the thyroid gland. They may be solid and look dark on an ultrasound scan. Most are benign, but there is a low risk of thyroid cancer. The thyroid is a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 59-year-old Hispanic man was referred to the endocrine clinic by the otolaryngology department for a thyroid ...

IT is well recognized that thyroid tissue may be ectopically situated in various locations in the neck. Lingual thyroid tissue, thyroglossal-duct remnants and aberrant lateral cervical thyroid have ...

In cancer terminology, "well-differentiated" means the cancer cells resemble the normal cells from which they grew. Well-differentiated cancers grow more slowly and have a better prognosis than ...

“Poorly differentiated” refers to cancer cells that have more abnormalities and look less like normal cancer cells. Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer is uncommon, accounting for fewer than 5% of ...