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Immunohistochemical analysis of thyroglobulin and keratin in benign and malignant thyroid tumours

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56 thyroid gland tumours and non neoplastic alterations were studied for keratin and thyroglobulin staining, using the indirect immunoperoxidase method on serial formalin fixed paraffin embedded sections. Papillary carcinomas showed a strong reaction with anti-keratin serum but a weak reaction with anti-thyroglobulin serum. Follicular adenomas and carcinomas showed virtually no reaction for keratin but a strong reaction for thyroglobulin. Undifferentiated and medullary carcinomas did not react with either antiserum, except for single cells in two undifferentiated carcinomas which reacted with anti-keratin serum. In nodular goiters, hyperplastic follicles showed little or no reaction with anti-keratin serum and strong reaction with anti-thyroglobulin serum.

It is suggested that this virtually type-specific staining for keratin or thyroglobulin may be related to different degrees of cellular differentiation and organelle content in the tumour cells.

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This work was supported by a grant from the Wilhelm-Sander-Stiftung (82.007.1)

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Permanetter, W., Nathrath, W.B.J. & Löhrs, U. Immunohistochemical analysis of thyroglobulin and keratin in benign and malignant thyroid tumours. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 398, 221–228 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00618871

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