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Table 2 Demographic and clinicopathological features of CT negative MTC patients

From: Calcitonin negative Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: a challenging diagnosis or a medical dilemma?

 

Author

Gender

Age (years)

Size (mm)

Histology

CT-HIC

CT

Assay

Upper reference limit

1

Sobol

F

82

20

WDMTC

Negative

Normal limits

NA

NA

2

Schmid 1

M

28

NA

WDMTC

Weak

NA

Immunotech

NA

3

Schmid 2

M

46

NA

WDMTC

Weak

NA

Immunotech

NA

4

Schmid 3

F

45

NA

WDMTC

Weak

NA

Immunotech

NA

5

Schmid 4

M

37

NA

WDMTC

Negative

NA

Immunotech

NA

6

Redding

F

31

45

WDMTC

Diffuse

28

RIA

< 150

7

Bockhorn

F

50

20

PDMTC

Weak

0.8

Nichols

< 4.6

8

Sand

F

73

NA

PDMTC

Weak

5.3

Nichols

< 10

9

Dora

M

43

20

PDMTC

Diffuse

4

Immunolite

< 12

10

Wang

M

68

70

WDMTC

Weak

38

NA

< 10

11

Giovanella

F

43

48

WDMTC

Diffuse

4.7

Immunolite

< 10

12

Alapat

F

16

30

WDMTC

Diffuse

4

Immunolite

< 4.6

13

Chernyavsky

F

40

20

WDMTC

Negative

2.1

Ventana Medical System Inc.

< 5.0

14

Nakazawa

M

76

60

WDMTC

Weak

22

NA

< 10

15

Frank-Raue 1

F

61

10

WDMTC

Weak

2.9

Nichols

< 10

16

Frank-Raue 2

M

70

80

WDMTC

Weak

< 2

DiaSorin

< 6.1 male

< 3.6 female

17

Frank-Raue 3

F

50

20

WDMTC

Weak

0.8

Nichols

< 10

18

Frank-Raue 4

M

47

30

PDMTC

Focal

2.6

Immunolite

< 8.4 male

< 5 female

19

Frank-Raue 5

F

53

45

WDMTC

Diffuse

NA

NA

NA

20

Frank-Raue 6

M

45

18

PDMTC

Weak

11

Non commercial

< 18

21

Frank-Raue 7

F

45

55

PDMTC

Focal

1.5

CIS

< 10

22

Ismi

NA

57

NA

PDMTC

Negative

5.6

NA

< 10

23

Brutsaert

F

49

26

WDMTC

Diffuse

< 2

NA

< 6

24

Kim

M

34

10

PDMTC

Negative

3.7

NA

< 10

25

Kasajima

F

48

30

WDMTC

Negative

29

NA

NA

26

Samà 1

M

60

38

NA

Focal

7.8

NA

NA

27

Samà 2

F

66

NA

NA

NA

5

NA

NA

28

Samà 3

M

53

12

NA

Negative

< 10

NA

NA

29

Samà 4

M

62

45

NA

Focal

13

NA

NA

30

Parmer

F

74

20

WDMTC

Negative

Normal limits

NA

NA

31–49

Zhou

11 M

8 F

≥30 3 cases;

< 30 16 cases

≤10mmm 14 cases

> 10 mm 5 cases

NA

Positive in 8 cases

Negative in 11 cases

NA

NA

NA

  1. (F female, M male, WDMTC well differentiated MTC, PDMTC poorly differentiated MTC, CT calcitonin, CT-IHC immunohistochemistry for CT, NA Not Avaible)