Table 1.
Thyroiditis score and TI-RADS in the 63 NOD TPO-CRE-ER-BRAFv600E mice of the 16-week cohort, according to the experimental group (concomitant, pre-existing, or no iodine-exacerbated thyroiditis)
| Thyroiditis score | TI-RADS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mice (n) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Concomitant IET | ||||||||||
| Tamoxifen | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Corn oil | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pre-existing IET | ||||||||||
| Tamoxifen | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Corn oil | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| No IET | ||||||||||
| Tamoxifen | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Corn oil | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Abbreviations: IET, iodine exacerbated thyroiditis; TI-RADS, Thyroid Imaging, Reporting, and Data System.