Table 1.
Diagnosis (No of cases) | + | +/− | − |
---|---|---|---|
Papillary carcinoma (19) | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Follicular carcinoma (8) | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Hürthle cell carcinoma (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Medullary carcinoma (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Anaplastic carcinoma (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Follicular adenoma (14) | 10 | 1 | 3 |
Hürthle cell adenoma (4) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Nodular hyperplasia (8) | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Graves’ disease (3) | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Normal tissue (20) | 0 | 0 | 20 |
strong to moderate staining of all or most of epithelial cells
weak or focal staining of epithelial cells
no staining of epithelial cells.