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Round Three Committee IV - Diagnostic Terminology and Morphologic Criteria for Cytologic Diagnosis of Thyroid Lesions
This committee is reviewing the diagnostic terminology and morphologic criteria for cytologic diagnosis of thyroid lesions and report format.

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Diagnostic Terminology: Review of the current diagnostic terminology/classification scheme used for thyroid FNA interpretation:
by Zubair Baloch
04-03-2007, 12:39 PM
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Diagnostic Terminology: Which major diagnostic categories should be included in the thyroid FNA classification scheme?
by Zubair Baloch
04-03-2007, 12:40 PM
by David Poller
12-14-2007, 5:43 PM
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Diagnostic Terminology: How should the follicular patterned non-papillary lesions be diagnosed (follicular lesion vs. neoplasm vs. micro-follicular lesion vs. macro-folli...
by Zubair Baloch
04-03-2007, 12:40 PM
by Ed Cibas
12-14-2007, 4:45 PM
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Diagnostic Terminology: Should the classification scheme include a non-diagnostic category based on adequacy criteria used for thyroid FNA interpretation (this discussion...
by Zubair Baloch
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Diagnostic Terminology: Should all the diagnosis also include a clinical / management recommendation from the pathologist?
by Zubair Baloch
04-03-2007, 12:40 PM
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Diagnostic Terminology: Should the diagnostic terminology be the same or different for thyroid nodules which are malignant on FNA and are less than or equal to 1.0 cm (pa...
by Zubair Baloch
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Morphologic Criteria: Review of the currently utilized morphologic criteria used for thyroid FNA interpretation:
by Zubair Baloch
04-03-2007, 12:41 PM
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Morphologic Criteria: What are the morphologic criteria for the diagnosis of non-papillary follicular patterned lesions (discussion points can include cellularity, microf...
by Zubair Baloch
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Morphologic Criteria: What are the diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (should they be divided into minor and major criteria) and its var...
by Zubair Baloch
04-03-2007, 12:41 PM
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Morphologic Criteria: When one should use the term “suspicious for papillary carcinoma” and the need for intraoperative consultation in such cases.
by Zubair Baloch
04-03-2007, 12:42 PM
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04-03-2007, 12:42 PM
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Morphologic Criteria: Should the cases of cystic thyroid nodule which show only colloid and macrophages and rare or no follicular cells be diagnosed as colloid nodule or...
by Zubair Baloch
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