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ea0037gp.23.07 | Thyroid – diagnosis | ECE2015

Immunohistochemical tool for the diagnosis of benign and malignant follicular tumours

Castelblanco Esmeralda , Martinez Montserrat , Santos Ma Dolores , Mancikova Veronica , Robledo Mercedes , Matias-Guiu Xavier , Maravall Javier , Mauricio Didac

Introduction: Follicular tumours of the thyroid gland include benign follicular adenomas, follicular carcinomas and the follicular variant of papillary carcinoma. Although, molecular markers are a promising area of research to differentiate thyroid neoplasms, there is ample room for improvement in the research and clinical applications in this field. Furthermore, the final diagnosis requires thyroid lobectomy. The present study examined whether a differential protein expressio...