Follicular thyroid cancer differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]

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[Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause neck masses such as goiter, Grave's disease, Hurthle cell carcinoma, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, and medullary thyroid carcinoma.

Differentiating Follicular thyroid cancer from other Diseases

• Goiter
• Toxic nodular goiter
• Grave's disease
• Hurthle cell carcinoma
• Thyroid nodule
• Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
• Papillary thyroid carcinoma
• Medullary thyroid carcinoma