Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma

Overview

Follicular thyroid carcinoma is the second most common, often spreads to bones/lungs.

Symptoms

• •Neck mass
• •Bone pain (metastasis)
• •Shortness of breath

Stages

Diagnosis

• ✓Ultrasound
• ✓Biopsy (capsular/vascular invasion)
• ✓I-131 scan

Treatments

• →Total thyroidectomy
• →Radioactive iodine
• →TSH suppression

Risk Factors