Problems and perspectives of morphological diagnosis of encapsulated thyroid tumors of follicular architecture summary
Morphological diagnosis of encapsulated thyroid tumors of follicular architecture is related with problems of estimation of cytological papillary thyroid carcinoma nuclear features and histological features of invasive tumor growth that generates a problem of recognition of thyroid tumors of uncertain malignant potential. Diagnostic criteria of borderline thyroid tumors are presented in accordance with the international histological classification criteria of the WHO and directions of solutions of the problems are indicated in the paper.