Article
Diagnostic value of FNAC combined with BRAFV600E mutation detection in Hashimoto's thyroiditis complicated with papillary thyroid carcinoma.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2024
Fu Jingyao, Yin Xiangdang, Wang Xiaochun, Xiao Siqi, Wu Xianji, Duan Chengcheng, Yu Wenxi, Zhang Guang
Abstract excerpt
Background: This study aimed to analyze the effect of preoperative fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) combined with BRAFV600E mutation detection as compared to that of fine needle aspiration cytology alone on the diagnostic performance of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) combined with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). Method: Patients with thyroid nodules in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, who underwent fine-needle...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Biopsy, Fine-Needle
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Hashimoto Disease
- Mutation
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Thyroid Cancer, Papillary