Letter to the Editor: Reply to “Ultrasonography and cytology as predictors of noninvasive follicular thyroid (NIFTP) neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features: importance of the differential diagnosis with the invasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer”

Abstract

As Dr. Rosario pointed out, it might be more useful to differentiate NIFTP from invasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (iE-FVPTC), not from infiltrative FVPTC (I-FVPTC) in clinical setting since infiltrative FVPTCs show overt malignant US features more frequently. However, in the previous study, we attempted to describe the characteristic ultrasound (US) features and diagnostic method of NIFTP specifically.

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