Table 1.
Reported cases of diffuse follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
| Study | Number of cases | Age (average) | Gender | Tumor dimension, cm | Phenotype | BRAF status 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sobrinho-Simoes et al.4 | 8 | NS | NS | NS | NT | NT |
| Ivanova et al.5 | 10 | 26.8±3.3 | NS | 2.5±0.3 | NT | NT |
| Cha et al.6 | 1 | 69 | M | NS | Galectin-3+ | V600E |
| Mizukami et al.1 | 1 | 13 | M | NS | NT | NT |
| Gupta et al.7 | 4 | 32 | 3F, 1M | 2.4 | NT | V600E (2) wtBRAF(2) |
NS, not specified; NT, not tested.