… When confined to the thyroid (no extrathyroid extension, no … the tall cell variant (TCV)
characterized by cells whose height … , and high frequency of extrathyroid tumor extension (ETE) …

… follicular cell differentiation at the morphologic or immunohistochemical level. Tall cell
variant was characterized as a papillary carcinoma composed of >50% of tall cells. The latter …

… G, Shaha A, Singh B, Tuttle RM 2007 Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma
without extrathyroid extension: biologic behavior and clinical implications. Thyroid 17:655–661. …

… They concluded that in tumors without extrathyroidal extension, tall cell variant is more
biologically aggressive than classic papillary thyroid carcinoma independent of age, sex, and …

… of a higher rate of extrathyroidal extension. A higher proportion of … The aggressive local
infiltration of this variant contributed to a … Pooling of data for this rare variant may answer these …

… still associated with higher pT and, pN stage and aggressive pathologic features such as
extrathyroidal extension. In our study, we also demonstrated that microcarcinomas with a tall …

… with micro-aggressive variants of PTC or who exhibit extrathyroidal extension, multifocality,
… 2007 Tall cell variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma without extrathyroid extension: biologic …

… larger with more frequent extrathyroidal extension. But these … prognosis of TCVs and
columnar cell variants is not linked to … The extension of the extrathyroidal soft tissues or adjacent …

… has emphasized the importance of gross extrathyroidal extension (gETE) while classifying the
tumor (… The predictability of survival was analyzed by calculating the proportion of variation …

… Background: Patients with thyroid cancer who have extrathyroidal extension (ETE) are …
Patients with tall-cell variant and diffuse sclerosing microcarcinomas, more aggressive variants of …