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Papers

(The median citation count of Endocrine Pathology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Thyroid Neoplasms	501
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms	328
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Pituitary Tumors	232
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas	153
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Adrenal Cortical Tumors	120
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Parathyroid Tumors	119
Molecular Pathology of Poorly Differentiated and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: What Do Pathologists Need to Know?	55
Genomics of High-Grade Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumor with High-Grade Features (G3 NET) and Neuroendocrine Carcinomas (NEC) of Various Anatomic Sites	47
What Did We Learn from the Molecular Biology of Adrenal Cortical Neoplasia? From Histopathology to Translational Genomics	41
Genomics and Epigenomics in Parathyroid Neoplasia: from Bench to Surgical Pathology Practice	37
Detection of NTRK1/3 Rearrangements in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Using Immunohistochemistry, Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization, and Next-Generation Sequencing	36
Challenges in Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas: from Histology to Molecular Immunohistochemistry	34
Cribriform-Morular Thyroid Carcinoma Is a Distinct Thyroid Malignancy of Uncertain Cytogenesis	33
Genomics and Epigenomics of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: From Sporadic Disease to Familial Manifestations	33
Overview of the 2022 WHO Classification of Familial Endocrine Tumor Syndromes	32
Molecular Pathology of Well-Differentiated Gastro-entero-pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors	28
High Prevalence of DICER1 Mutations and Low Frequency of Gene Fusions in Pediatric Follicular-Patterned Tumors of the Thyroid	26
Inherited Follicular Epithelial-Derived Thyroid Carcinomas: From Molecular Biology to Histological Correlates	25
Molecular Pathology of Well-Differentiated Pulmonary and Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumors: What Do Pathologists Need to Know?	25
Clinical Impact of Pathological Features Including the Ki-67 Labeling Index on Diagnosis and Prognosis of Adult and Pediatric Adrenocortical Tumors	25
Molecular Pathology of Non-familial Follicular Epithelial–Derived Thyroid Cancer in Adults: From RAS/BRAF-like Tumor Designations to Molecular Risk Stratification	24
What Have We Learned from Molecular Biology of Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas?	23
Diagnostic and Predictive Role of DLL3 Expression in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms	21
Progression of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma to Anaplastic Carcinoma in Metastatic Lymph Nodes: Solid/Insular Growth and Hobnail Cell Change in Lymph Nodes Are Predictors of Subsequent Anaplastic Transf	21
Prognostic Utility of the Ki-67 Labeling Index in Follicular Thyroid Tumors: a 20-Year Experience from a Tertiary Thyroid Center	21

Challenges in High-grade Neuroendocrine Neoplasms and Mixed Neuroendocrine/Non-neuroendocrine Neoplasms	20
Thyroid Carcinoma with NSD3::NUTM1 Fusion: a Case with Thyrocyte Differentiation and Colloid Production	18
Genomics and Epigenomics of Pituitary Tumors: What Do Pathologists Need to Know?	17
A Subset of Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinomas in the Gastroenteropancreatic Tract May Evolve from Pre-existing Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors	16
Middle Ear “Adenoma”: a Neuroendocrine Tumor with Predominant L Cell Differentiation	16
Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Predictive Role of Ki67 Proliferative Index in Neuroendocrine and Endocrine Neoplasms: Past, Present, and Future	16
Loss of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine is an Epigenetic Hallmark of Thyroid Carcinomas with TERT Promoter Mutations	15
Grading of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: an Interobserver Reproducibility Study	14
Immunohistochemical Expression of Choline Acetyltransferase and Catecholamine-Synthesizing Enzymes in Head-and-Neck and Thoracoabdominal Paragangliomas and Pheochromocytomas	14
Follicular Epithelial Dysplasia as Hashimoto Thyroiditis-Related Atypia: a Series of 91 Specimens	14
INSM1 Expression in Breast Neoplasms with Neuroedocrine Features	14
PD-L1 Is Preferentially Expressed in PIT-1 Positive Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumours	14
From Counting Mitoses to Ki67 Assessment: Technical Pitfalls in the New WHO Classification of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors	13
External Validation of Three Available Grading Systems for Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Single Institution Cohort	13
High Grade Differentiated Follicular Cell-Derived Thyroid Carcinoma Versus Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: A Clinicopathologic Analysis of 41 Cases	12
DICER1 Mutations Occur in More Than One-Third of Follicular-Patterned Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas and Correlate with a Low-Risk Disease and Female Gender Predilection	11
Reconsideration of Clinicopathologic Prognostic Factors in Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors for Better Determination of Adverse Prognosis	10
Transcription Factor Expression in Sinonasal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms and Olfactory Neuroblastoma (ONB): Hyams’ Grades 1–3 ONBs Expand the Spectrum of SATB2 and GATA3-Positive Neoplasms	10
Challenges in the Diagnosis of Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors	10
The Presence of Typical “BRAFV600E-Like” Atypia in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma is Highly Specific for the Presence of the BRAFV600E Mutation	10
Two Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors (PitNETs) with Very High Proliferation and TP53 Mutation — High-Grade PitNET or PitNEC?	10
The Association of Histologically Proven Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis with Clinicopathological Features, Lymph Node Metastasis, and Recurrence Rates of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer	10
Dopamine β-hydroxylase: An Essential and Optimal Immunohistochemical Marker for Pheochromocytoma and Sympathetic Paraganglioma	9
Transcription Factor Profiling Identifies Spatially Heterogenous Mediators of Follicular Thyroid Cancer Invasion	9
The Impact of the 2022 WHO Classification of Thyroid Neoplasms on Everyday Practice of Cytopathology	9
Adrenal Rests in the Uro-genital Tract of an Adult Population	9
Thyroid Nodules with Indeterminate FNAC According to the Italian Classification System: Prevalence, Rate of Operation, and Impact on Risk of Malignancy. An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	9
Kinase Fusion–Related Thyroid Carcinomas: Towards Predictive Models for Advanced Actionable Diagnostics	9
Capsular Invasion Matters Also in “Papillary Patterned” Tumors: A Study on 121 Cases of Encapsulated Conventional Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma	9
The Pangenomic Classification of Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors: Quality Histopathology is Required for Accurate Translational Research	9
Multilineage Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors (PitNETs) Expressing PIT1 and SF1	8
Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders in Endocrine Pathology	8
The Significance of RAS-Like Mutations and MicroRNA Profiling in Predicting Malignancy in Thyroid Biopsy Specimens	8
Special Issue On the 2022 WHO Classification of Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Tumors: a New Primer for Endocrine Pathology Practice	8
Primary Thyroid Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC) Is Clinically, Prognostically, and Molecularly Different from Sclerosing MEC with Eosinophilia: A Multicenter and Integrated Study	8
Metastatic Risk Stratification of 2526 Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients: A Study Based on Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database	8
Molecular Subtypes of Extra-pulmonary Neuroendocrine Carcinomas Identified by the Expression of Neuroendocrine Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors	7
Overexpression of ODF1 in Gastrointestinal Tract Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: a Novel Potential Immunohistochemical Biomarker for Well-differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors	7
Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Thyroid and Their Mimics	6
Preoperative Risk Stratification of Follicular-patterned Thyroid Lesions on Core Needle Biopsy by Histologic Subtyping and RAS Variant-specific Immunohistochemistry	6
Mixed Neuroendocrine/Non-neuroendocrine Neoplasm (MiNEN) of the Ovary Arising from Endometriosis: Molecular Pathology Analysis in Support of a Pathogenetic Paradigm	6
Ampullary Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: Identification of Prognostic Factors in a Multicentric Series of 119 Cases	6
Primary Versus Secondary Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Perspectives from Multi-institutional and Population-Level Data	6
Impact of Morphology in the Genotype and Phenotype Correlation of Bilateral Macronodular Adrenocortical Disease (BMAD): A Series of Clinicopathologically Well-Characterized 35 Cases	5
PHOX2B is a Sensitive and Specific Marker for the Histopathological Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma	5
Amphicrine Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma — a Case-Based Review Expanding on Its MUC Expression Profile	5
The Unique Importance of Differentiation and Function in Endocrine Neoplasia	5
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to Identify the Immunocytochemical Markers Effective in Delineating Benign from Malignant Thyroid Lesions in FNAC Samples	5
Intron 4–5 hTERT DNA Hypermethylation in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Frequency, Association with Other Clinico-pathological Features and Prognostic Relevance	5
TERT Promoter Mutated Follicular Thyroid Carcinomas Exhibit a Distinct microRNA Expressional Profile with Potential Implications for Tumor Progression	5

Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) and Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter Methylation in Recurrent Adult and Primary Pediatric Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors	4
Pediatric Adrenocortical Neoplasms: A Study Comparing Three Histopathological Scoring Systems	4
Insights Obtained from the Nontumorous Glandular Tissue in Patients with Endocrine Tumors	4
Morphological Harbingers of ARMC5-Pathogenic Variant-Related Bilateral Macronodular Adrenocortical Disease	4
High-Grade Non-Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinomas of Follicular Cell Origin: A Review of Poorly Differentiated and High-Grade Differentiated Carcinomas	4
Incidence and Clinicopathological Features of Differentiated High-Grade Thyroid Carcinomas: An Institutional Experience	4
Prognostic Value of Microscopic Tumor Necrosis in Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma	4
A Matched-Pair Analysis of Nuclear Morphologic Features Between Core Needle Biopsy and Surgical Specimen in Thyroid Tumors Using a Deep Learning Model	4
Cribriform Morular Thyroid Carcinoma – Ultimobranchial Pouch-Related? Deep Molecular Insights of a Unique Case	4
Update on C-Cell Neuroendocrine Neoplasm: Prognostic and Predictive Histopathologic and Molecular Features of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma	4
Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis: Lung Typical Carcinoid Metastatic to Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma	4
Immunohistochemistry or Molecular Analysis: Which Method Is Better for Subtyping Craniopharyngioma?	4
The Spectrum of Familial Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors	4