Surgical Pathology of the Thyroid Gland

Abstract Most thyroid lesions with which surgeons are involved are those in which the presentation of the clinical problem is a single or dominant nodule in the gland. On occasion, the clinical presentation will be an enlarged cervical lymph node. This chapter will concentrate on specific pathologic entities in thyroid nodules and neoplasms. Each major thyroid tumor is discussed in individual chapters in this book, and the reader is referred to those chapters for additional information on these entities.