A carcinoma arising from the thyroid gland. It is usually an adenocarcinoma and includes the following main subtypes: follicular, papillary, medullary, poorly differentiated, and anaplastic.
Synonyms:
exact_synonym:
DOID:3963; NCIT:C4815; Orphanet:100088; carcinoma of the thyroid; carcinoma of the thyroid gland; carcinoma of thyroid; carcinoma of thyroid gland; http://identifiers.org/meddra/10007476; http://identifiers.org/medgen/107811; http://identifiers.org/snomedct/448216007; http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0549473; thyroid gland carcinoma
synonym:
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D013964
broad_synonym:
cancer of the thyroid; cancer of thyroid; head and neck cancer, thyroid; thyroid cancer; thyroid gland cancer