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thyroid follicle
The thyroid gland is composed of follicles or acini lined by regular cuboidal cells, separated by scant fibrovascular stroma. The thyroid follicles are the site of synthesis of thyroid hormones T3 & T4.
Related
follicular thyroid carcinoma
thyroid
General
follicle
References
Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease,
5th ed. W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1994 pg 1122
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thyroid