EZR and thyroid gland follicular carcinoma: Clinical validation of ezrin/phospho-ezrin revealed that phospho-ezrin was intensely expressed in follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC) and follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC), while it was completely absent in follicular adenoma (FA) lesions in which the differentiation of the follicular neoplasms remains subtle.