I had a biopsy done last week on a nodule on my thyroid. I just got a copy of the pathology report & the diagnosis reads:
Suspicious for a follicular neoplasm, hurthle cell type (Bethesda Category IV). Very cellular aspirate, few bland follicular follicles, abundant atypical Hurthle cells and pigmented macrophages. Small amount of colloid noted. The differential diagnosis is a hyperplastic nodule with prominent Hurthle cell metaplasia vs adenoma in a cystic background. In general, well differentiated follicular carcinoma cannot be reliably detected or excluded based on cytomorphology alone.
The doctor said it could be cancer but it may not be. Can anyone tell me exactly what this means? I'm confused if there are cancerous cells but it's not cancer.
Thanks!!