Table 4.
Clinical features of the patients submitted to calcium-stimulation test with a final histological diagnosis negative for MTC.
| Age, yrs | Origin | Ct, pg/ml | proCt, ng/mL | Histology (mm) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basal | Peak | Basal | Peak | ||||
| Females | |||||||
| 1 | 47 | #2 | 11.6 | 623 | 0.05 | 0.12 | FA+CCH |
| 2 | 57 | #2 | 15.7 | 279 | 0.05 | 0.05 | GIA+ CCH |
| 3 | 64 | #2 | 27.7 | 296 | 0.05 | 0.08 | GIA+CCH |
| 4 | 69 | #2 | 27.8 | 494 | 0.05 | 0.1 | PTC |
| 5 | 51 | #2 | 8.9 | 188 | 0.05 | 0.07 | PTC |
| 6 | 59 | #3 | 28.9 | 891 | 0.07 | 0.14 | GIA+ CCH |
| 7 | 72 | #3 | 23.8 | 338 | 0.07 | 0.11 | HG+ CCH |
| Males | |||||||
| 1 | 54 | #1 | 7.6 | 84.7 | <0.04 | 0.07 | FA |
| 2 | 58 | #1 | 19.4 | 238 | 0.05 | 0.12 | HG+CCH |
| 3 | 45 | #1 | 18.4 | 157 | <0.04 | 0.06 | HG+ CCH |
| 4 | 67 | #1 | 22.4 | 414 | <0.04 | 0.1 | HG+CCH |
| 5 | 57 | #2 | 18.3 | 706 | 0.05 | 0.08 | PTC |
| 6 | 65 | #3 | 16 | 341 | 0.06 | 0.19 | HG+CCH |
CCH, C-cells-hyperplasia; Ct, calcitonin; FA, follicular adenoma; HG, hyperplastic goiter; MTC, medullary thyroid cancer; proCt, procalcitonin; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer.