During the course, the participants will review approximately 50 cases dealing with a variety of neoplastic and non-neoplastic thyroid lesions. The cases have been carefully selected to illustrate common diagnostic problems and pitfalls in thyroid pathology and provide the basis for in-depth discussion of morphologic criteria and usefulness of complementary investigations in achieving the correct diagnosis. In addition to the slide seminar, several lectures by experts in pathology will be provided.
Hot topics this year:
- WHO 2022 classification: important changes for thyroid tumors in focus
- Molecular testing on FNA: pro and contra
- Highly selective RET-kinase inhibitors and RET testing: when and how
Program:
- Completely new set of cases compared with the previous courses held in Linz 2018 and 2019
- Especially challenging cases presented by the guest faculty
- Hands-on microscopy with real cytology and histology slides circulating among all participants
- Presentation and discussion of the participants’ diagnoses for each case (questionnaire-based survey during microscopy sessions) in comparison with the experts’ consensus diagnoses
- Extensive correlation of cytology and histology
- Interactive discussion among participants and the faculty
- Technical/methodological aspects (frozen section, macroscopy, sampling, FNB, touch imprint cytology, staining protocols) specifically addressed
- Application of immunohistochemical and molecular markers
- Presentation of follow-up data, therapeutic and prognostic implications of histopathologic diagnoses
- Slide scans available via internet after the course
- Lectures and in-depth discussion of selected topics (FNA cytology, NIFT-P and related tumors, papillary carcinoma variants, oncocytic lesions).
