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. 2020 Jun 30;35(2):443–455. doi: 10.3803/EnM.2020.35.2.443

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3

The number of immune cells in and around papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in patients with and without concomitant Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) by lymph node metastasis (LNM) status. (A, B) Number of M2 macrophages (CD163 positive cells) within tumor and in peritumor stroma respectively. (C, D) Count of mast cells (mast cell tryptase [MCT] positive cells) within tumor and in peritumor stroma respectively. (E, F) Number of T-cytotoxic lymphocytes (CD8 positive cells) within tumor and in peritumor stroma respectively. (G, H) Count of plasma cells (CD138 positive cells) within tumor and in peritumor stroma respectively. (I, J) Number of T-regulatory cells (forkhead box P3 [FOXP3] positive cells) within tumor and in peritumor stroma respectively. aStatistically significant difference between patients with and without LNM at P<0.05.