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Medical Definition of Follicular carcinomas
1. Carcinoma's of the thyroid composed of well or poorly differentiated epithelial follicles without papillary formation, which are difficult to distinguish from adenomas; the criteria include blood vessel invasion and the finding of metastases of follicular thyroid tissue in other structures such as cervical lymph nodes and bone; follicular carcinoma's may take up radioactive iodine. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Follicular Carcinomas
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