(a) Results of Immunocytochemistry in FNAs, cases, and controls, (n is the number of samples)
| Cases | Cases | Controls | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immunomarker | Expression | Loss of expression | P | Expression | |||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
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| CK-19 | 77 | 92.7 | 6 | 7.3 | <.005 | — | — |
| Galectin-3 | 74 | 89.1 | 9 | 10.9 | <.005 | — | — |
| HBME1 | 65 | 78.3 | 18 | 21.7 | <.005 | — | — |
| CD-44 | 72 | 86.7 | 11 | 13.3 | <.005 | — | — |