AJCC	American Joint Committee on Cancer
ATA	American Thyroid Association
ATC	Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma
BMI	Body Mass Index
CBC	Complete Blood Count
CD31	Cluster of Differentiation 31 (vascular marker)
CD56	Cluster of Differentiation 56
D2-40	Podoplanin antibody (lymphatic marker)
ESR	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
FA	Follicular Adenoma
FNA	Fine-Needle Aspiration
FTC	Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma
FV-PTC	Follicular Variant Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
FT3	Free Triiodothyronine
FT4	Free Thyroxine
H&E	Hematoxylin and Eosin
HIER	Heat-Induced Epitope Retrieval
Huc-TC	Hürthle Cell (Oncocytic) Thyroid Carcinoma
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
IQR	Interquartile Range
LL	Left Lobe
MNG	Multinodular Goiter
MI-FTC	Minimally Invasive Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma
MTC	Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
NLR	Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio
NG	Nodular Goiter / Multinodular Goiter
PDW	Platelet Distribution Width
PLT	Platelets
PTC	Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
PTMC	Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma
RL	Right Lobe
RBC	Red Blood Cell Count
Stata	Statistical Analysis Software (StataCorp)
TLA	Three-Letter Acronym
TC-PTC	Tall-Cell Variant Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
TP	Total Protein
TSH	Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
TTF1	Thyroid Transcription Factor 1
US	Ultrasound
WBC	White Blood Cell Count
WHO	World Health Organization