Immunohistochemical and morphological characteristics of the papillary thyroid microcarcinoma / 中国现代普通外科进展

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ObjctiveTo investigate the immunohistochemical and morphological characteristics of the papillary thyroid microcarcinoma(PTM) ,and differential diagnosis of the related disease.Methods:The morphological characteristics of 223 patients with PTM were observed under light microscope.Seventy-four cases of PTM and 32 cases of proliferative lesion of thyroid were observed under light microscope with stains of hematoxylin and eosin and immunohistochemical staining.The antibody included CK19,MC,Galectin-3 and CD56.Results:Eighty-six cases were follicular-patterned and 31 cases nuclear features were untypical in 223 cases of PTM.The positive expression rates of CK19、MC、 Galectin-3、CD56 were 100.0%,98.6%,98.6% and 4.1% in 74 cases of PTM,and were 37.5%,12.5%,18.8%,68.8% in proliferative lesion of thyroid,respectively.Conclusion:Some cases of PTM show a follicular-patterned and the nuclear features.It is untypical compared with classical papillary thyroid carcinoma.It can be differentiated from proliferative lesion with absence of envelope,obviously various and unusually proliferated follicular cells,sclerotic stroma,neoplastic follicles among the collagen and normal follicles.The wide and intensive expression of CK19,Galectin-3,and the negative expression of CD56 are extremely useful in the diagnosis of PTM,four-marker panel with CK19,Galectin-3,MC and CD56 can improve the specificity and accuracy of the differential diagnosis of PTM.