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Hurthle Cell with Blood Vessel Invasion - Anyone Else?
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Sep 10, 2009 - 7:33 am
Is there anyone that has had told by the pathologist that blood vessels appear to have been invaded? This happened to me last Thursday. My surgeon told me that I have to wait 3 months before I get my thyrogobulin tested. Is anyone else in the same boat? Originally, I thought the good news was that we caught the Hurthle cell early (Stage 1), but maybe this changes that. |
Joined: Oct 2009
vascular and capsular
I saw that on Path and had the same questions. After talking to a doctor friend and later my endo I was told this is how hurthle is diagnosed. I asked endo his thoughts on vascular invasion and he was more concerned about soft tissue invasion. I am also stage 1 because of my age (41). Mine was large - 4.7 cm so if I was over 45 it would have been much higher staging. Even endo says staging criteria doesn't make sense when it comes to hurthle. Where are you in your treatment?