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Image:Follicular adenoma.png|ADRENAL GLAND: BILATERAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA Cross section of bilateral pheochromocytomas from a 30-year-old man with MEN syndrome type IIa. The right adrenal tumor weighed 168 g and the left 220 g. Note the distinct multinodular, multicentric pattern of growth on both sides
Image:Follicular adenoma.png|ADRENAL GLAND: BILATERAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA Cross section of bilateral pheochromocytomas from a 30-year-old man with MEN syndrome type IIa. The right adrenal tumor weighed 168 g and the left 220 g. Note the distinct multinodular, multicentric pattern of growth on both sides
Image:Micropathology.jpg|Histology of the encapsulated tumor. (a) Photomicrograph showing an encapsulated tumor composed of cells arranged in microfollicular, glandular and trabecular patterns (hematoxylin and eosin; 100×). (b) High power photomicrograph showing the microfollicles containing inspissated colloid resembling hyaline globules and separated by eosinophilic extracellular hyaline material. (hematoxylin and eosin; 100×).<ref name=radio02>Image courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard. [http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270] (original file[http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270‘’here’’]).[http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>
Image:Micropathology.jpg|Histology of the encapsulated tumor. (a) Photomicrograph showing an encapsulated tumor composed of cells arranged in microfollicular, glandular and trabecular patterns (hematoxylin and eosin; 100×). (b) High power photomicrograph showing the microfollicles containing inspissated colloid resembling hyaline globules and separated by eosinophilic extracellular hyaline material. (hematoxylin and eosin; 100×).<ref name=radio02>Image courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard. [http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270] (original file[http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270‘’here’’]).[http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>
Image:Microfollicular stain.jpg|Histology of the encapsulated tumor. (a) Photomicrograph showing an encapsulated tumor composed of cells arranged in microfollicular, glandular and trabecular patterns (hematoxylin and eosin; 100×). (b) High power photomicrograph showing the microfollicles containing inspissated colloid resembling hyaline globules and separated by eosinophilic extracellular hyaline material. (hematoxylin and eosin; 100×).<ref name=radio02>Image courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard. [http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270] (original file[http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270‘’here’’]).[http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/8/1/270/licence Creative Commons BY-SA-NC]</ref>
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [3]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [4]

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Pathophysiology

A thyroid adenoma may be clinically silent, or it may be a "functional" tumor, producing excessive thyroid hormone. In this case, it may result in symptomatic hyperthyroidism, and may be referred to as a toxic thyroid adenoma. Careful pathological examination may be necessary to distinguish a thyroid adenoma from a minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma.

Morphology

Thyroid follicular adenoma ranges in diameter from 3 cm on an average, but sometimes is larger (up to 10 cm) or smaller. The typical thyroid adenoma is solitary, spherical and encapsulated lesion that is well demarcated from the surrounding parenchyma. The color ranges from gray-white to red-brown, depending upon

  1. the cellularity of the adenoma
  2. the colloid content.

Areas of hemorrhage, fibrosis, calcification, and cystic change, similar to what is found in multinodular goiters, are common in thyroid (follicular) adenoma, particularly in larger lesions.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Image courtesy of Dr Frank Gaillard. [1] (original file[2]).Creative Commons BY-SA-NC