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BRAF mutation is unusual in chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis-associated papillary thyroid carcinomas and absent in non-neoplastic nuclear atypia of thyroiditis.
Endocrine pathology - 1 Jan 2006
Sargent Rachel, LiVolsi Virginia, Murphy Justin, Mantha Geeta, Hunt Jennifer L
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Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT) has an epidemiological relationship to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The follicular epithelium in CLT can be markedly atypical, with cytologic changes ranging from oncocytic morphology to clearing and overlapping. At the molecular level, the association between CLT and PTC is more controversial. In order to further characterize the molecular changes in CLT, this study...
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