ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Neoplasms of the endocrine system
Malignant neoplasms of endocrine glands
2D10 — Malignant neoplasms of thyroid gland
2D10.0 — Follicular carcinoma of thyroid gland
ICD-11 2D10.0 — Follicular carcinoma of thyroid gland
A differentiated adenocarcinoma arising from the follicular cells of the thyroid gland. The nuclear features which characterise the thyroid gland papillary carcinoma are absent. Radiation exposure is a risk factor and it comprises approximately 10% to 15% of thyroid cancers. Clinically, it usually presents as a solitary mass in the thyroid gland. It is generally unifocal and thickly encapsulated and shows invasion of the capsule or the vessels. Diagnostic procedures include: thyroid ultrasound and fine needle biopsy.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: