A benign well encapsulated tumor formed of small and large follicles full of colloid and lined by unremarkable cuboidal cells. Adjacent thyroid tissue is compressed. No evidence of hyperfunction or malignancy.
Anterior neck swelling, follicular neoplasm by FNAC.
Total thyroidectomy specimen was received as two thyroid lobes with intact capsules. The first lobe measured 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm and was almost entirely occupied by a grey nodule measured 5x4.3x4 cm. The second lobe measured 4 x 2 x 1.3 cm and revealed a fleshy cut surface.
Thyroid gland, total thyroidectomy: