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An immunohistochemical study of calcitonin-containing cells in benign and malignant thyroid lesions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2360458     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Parafollicular cells (C-cells) in benign and malignant thyroid lesions were studied immunohistochemically with a polyclonal anti-calcitonin (CT) antibody. The C-cells were seen most frequently in the middle third of the lateral lobes in the thyroid gland of normal individuals and patients with Graves' disease and chronic thyroiditis, although in the latter the number of such cells was significantly decreased (p less than 0.05). In adenomatous goiter, C-cells were present in nodular lesions from an early stage of nodule development (frequency about 19%), whereas in the later stage these cells were rarely observed inside type 1 nodules, which were generally characterized by an admixture of follicles with considerably different sizes. However, C-cells were not observed inside type 2 nodules, which were composed of similar-sized follicles, or in the parenchyma of 56 cases of benign and malignant thyroid tumors. These findings suggest that since C-cells are present in nodular lesions, the histogenesis of adenomatous goiter is quite different from that of follicular adenoma; thyroid neoplasms generally contain no C-cells in the parenchyma.
Authors:
S Inoue; S Yokoyama; I Nakayama; S Noguchi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta pathologica japonica     Volume:  40     ISSN:  0001-6632     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Pathol. Jpn.     Publication Date:  1990 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-08-02     Completed Date:  1990-08-02     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0372637     Medline TA:  Acta Pathol Jpn     Country:  JAPAN    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  187-92     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
First Department of Pathology, Medical College of Oita, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenoma / pathology
Calcitonin / analysis*
Chronic Disease
Female
Goiter / pathology
Humans
Hyperplasia / metabolism
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Thyroid Diseases / metabolism,  pathology*
Thyroid Neoplasms / analysis,  pathology*
Thyroiditis / pathology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
9007-12-9/Calcitonin

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