{"id":10257,"date":"2020-05-22T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T10:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/?page_id=10257"},"modified":"2020-05-26T12:12:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T04:12:22","slug":"pathology-in-action-a-thyroid-tumour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/pathology-in-action-real-life-cases\/pathology-in-action-a-thyroid-tumour\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathology in Action: A Thyroid Tumour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<p>In practice, the pathologist is part of a multidisciplinary group of clinicians that manages the patient.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in a patient with a thyroid nodule, the first step towards a diagnosis is to perform a fine needle aspiration (FNA). The pathologist will evaluate the cells that are aspirated from the nodule and make a diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>If the diagnosis is malignant, most commonly papillary thyroid carcinoma, the pathologist\u2019s next role is to determine important prognostic features in the resected tumour.<\/p>\n<p>Here you will see how the pathologist plays an active role in the management of a patient with thyroid cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tI.\u00a0Thyroid carcinoma I: Pathology evaluation\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Description of the important parameters that are pertinent to prognosis, that the pathologist must evaluate and record.<\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ltSutwV6TFw\" width=\"677\" height=\"376\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<h3>\n\t\tII. Thyroid carcinoma II: Real life microscopic assessment\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Description of how a case of thyroid carcinoma is actually evaluated by the pathologist.<\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nvlmKHOeOA\" width=\"670\" height=\"376\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/pathology-in-action-real-life-cases\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to Pathology in Action: Real Life Cases\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/thyroid-pathology\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThyroid Pathology Chapter Home\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In practice, the pathologist is part of a multidisciplinary group of clinicians that manages the patient. 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