Table 1.

Summary of the presence of high molecular weight caldesmon positive stromal cells in the capsule of benign follicular tumour-like lesions, benign and minimally invasive follicular tumours, widely invasive follicular lesions, and encapsulated papillary carcinomas

Histology	Number of cases	HCD+ cell cases
Benign and minimally invasive follicular lesions	55	54*,**
Hyperplastic nodules	21	20
Follicular adenomas	29	29
Minimally invasive follicular carcinomas	5	5
Widely invasive follicular carcinomas	6	4*
Encapsulated papillary carcinomas	9	0**

HCD+ cell, high molecular caldesmon positive stromal cells in the capsule.

*, p=0.023; **p=0.