Table 1.
Clinicopathological features of the thyroid tissue samples analysed
| Normal tissues | Follicular adenomas | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Sex | Age | Sex | Tumour size (mm) | |||
| Normal-1 | 42 | F | FA-1 | 36 | M | 30 | |
| Normal-2 | 20 | F | FA-2 | 51 | F | 15 | |
| Normal-3 | 78 | F | FA-3 | 30 | F | 30 | |
| Normal-4 | 61 | M | FA-4 | 46 | F | 50 | |
| Normal-5 | 51 | M | FA-5 | 46 | M | 30 | |
| Normal-6 | 34 | F | FA-6 | 14 | F | 8 | |
| Normal-7 | 84 | M | FA-7 | 21 | M | 21 | |
| Normal-8 | 35 | M | FA-8 | 68 | F | 8 | |
| Normal-9 | 29 | F | FA-9 | 59 | F | 10 | |
| Follicular thyroid carcinomas | |||||||
| Age of onset | Sex | Tumour size (mm) | T stage | Capsular invasion | Vascular invasion | ||
| FTC-1 | 43 | F | 50 | 3 | no | yes | |
| FTC-2 | 37 | M | 40 | 3 | yes | yes | |
| FTC-3 | 82 | M | 45 | 3 | encapsulated | yes | |
| FTC-4 | 16 | M | 13 | 1 | yes | no | |
| FTC-5 | 64 | F | 40 | 2 | no | yes | |
| FTC-6 | 64 | F | 25 | yes (focal) | no | ||
| FTC-7 | 20 | M | 110 | 3 | no | yes | |
| FTC-8 | 22 | M | 30 | 2 | yes | yes | |
| Papillary thyroid carcinomas | |||||||
| Age of onset | Sex | Tumour size (mm) | T stage | Vascular invasion | Extra-thyroidal spread | ||
| PTC-1 | 34 | F | 18 | 2 | no | no | |
| PTC-2 | 24 | F | 30 | 2 | yes | no | |
| PTC-3 | 50 | M | 6 | 4 | no | yes | |
| PTC-4 | 59 | M | 30 | 3 | yes | yes | |
| PTC-5 | 33 | F | 8 | 1 | no | no | |
| PTC-6 | 32 | F | 55 | 4 | yes | yes | |
| PTC-7 | 24 | F | 45 | 3 | no | no | |
| PTC-8 | 33 | F | 28 | 3 | yes | yes | |
| PTC-9 | 49 | M | 44 | 3 | no | yes | |
| PTC-10 | 56 | M | 55 | 4 | yes | yes | |