Immunostaining for TPO (MoAb47) has been used to predict the risk of thyroid cancer in thyroid adenomas without uptake in thyroid 99m pertechnetate scintigraphy. This case describes a 16-year-old girl with thyroid papillary cancer staining 95% positive using TPO staining. The case indicates that TPO staining can not be used as the only parameter in the evaluation of the risk of cancer in the thyroid gland
Udgivelsesdato: 2008/4/28