The Diffuse Sclerosing Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma is not an Aggressive Subtype of Papillary Carcinoma

Hiroto Yamashita^1*, Shiro Noguchi², Hiroshi Takahashi², Shin Watanabe², Shinya Uchino², Tsukasa Murakami³, Hitoshi Noguchi³, Yui Nishijima³, Tomohiko Nakamura³, Naoyuki Higaki³, Masato Nakamoto³, Yasushi Noguchi⁴ and Akiko Nakashima⁴

¹Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Noguchi thyroid clinic and hospital foundation, Japan

²Department of Surgery, Noguchi thyroid clinic and hospital foundation, Japan

³Department of Internal Medicine, Noguchi thyroid clinic and hospital foundation, Japan

⁴Department of Radiology, Noguchi thyroid clinic and hospital foundation, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Hiroto Yamashita, Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Noguchi thyroid clinic and hospital foundation, Japan, Tel: 81-977-21-2151, Fax: 81-977-21-2155 Email: