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Il carcinoma papillare tiroideo (PTC) è la neoplasia più frequente della tiroide e ha un comportamento clinico indolente. Tuttavia, sono state identificate delle varianti del PTC che mostrano un comportamento biologicamente più aggressivo. Tali varianti comprendono la variante sclerosante diffusa (DSV), la variante a cellule alte (TCV), la variante a cellule colonnari (CCV), la variante solida (SV) e la variante hobnail (HV). Esse presentano un comportamento più aggressivo rispetto al classico PTC e una maggiore tendenza alla recidiva locale e alla metastatizzazione linfonodale e a distanza. Per migliorare la prognosi dei pazienti è di fondamentale importanza riuscire a diagnosticare precisamente tali varianti per pianificare un trattamento più aggressivo. Lo scopo di questa revisione è quello di presentare le principali caratteristiche cliniche, istologiche e molecolari delle varianti aggressive del carcinoma papillare tiroideo per fornire i parametri istologici utili a definire la strategia terapeutica più adatta per i pazienti affetti da queste forme.
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Coco, D., Pizzimenti, C., Militi, G. et al. Diagnosi istologica delle varianti aggressive del carcinoma papillare tiroideo. L'Endocrinologo 23, 7–13 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-021-01006-z
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