The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas

Aim. Variety of clinical behavior of the thyroid microcarcinomas (PTM) is the reason for searching for the morphologic features of aggressive disease course. Methods and results. In 22 cases of PTM immunohistochemical examination of CD34 and VEGF expression was performed to investigate the diagno...

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Main Author: I. V. Ivakhno
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Language:English
Published: Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University 2015-04-01
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Online Access:http://pat.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/42931/39319
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description Aim. Variety of clinical behavior of the thyroid microcarcinomas (PTM) is the reason for searching for the morphologic features of aggressive disease course. Methods and results. In 22 cases of PTM immunohistochemical examination of CD34 and VEGF expression was performed to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization. The association between high level expression of VEGF, microvessels density and morphological features such as tumor invasion, desmoplastic stromal reaction, disorder of connective tissue maturation was revealed. The relationship between high levels of vascularization and TNM stage of disease, lymph node metastasis, extrathyroid invasion was not found. Conclusion. Results indicate that the vascularization is a sign of growth and progression of microcarcinomas and it is not a significant predictor of the disease.
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spelling doaj-art-9b3247da77304242abe65194312f649d2025-08-20T03:36:57ZengZaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversityPatologìâ2306-80272310-12372015-04-011707210.14739/2310-1237.2015.1.42931The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomasI. V. IvakhnoAim. Variety of clinical behavior of the thyroid microcarcinomas (PTM) is the reason for searching for the morphologic features of aggressive disease course. Methods and results. In 22 cases of PTM immunohistochemical examination of CD34 and VEGF expression was performed to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization. The association between high level expression of VEGF, microvessels density and morphological features such as tumor invasion, desmoplastic stromal reaction, disorder of connective tissue maturation was revealed. The relationship between high levels of vascularization and TNM stage of disease, lymph node metastasis, extrathyroid invasion was not found. Conclusion. Results indicate that the vascularization is a sign of growth and progression of microcarcinomas and it is not a significant predictor of the disease.http://pat.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/42931/39319PapillaryCarcinomaThyroid NeoplasmsImmunohistochemistry
spellingShingle I. V. Ivakhno
The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
Patologìâ
Papillary
Carcinoma
Thyroid Neoplasms
Immunohistochemistry
title The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
title_full The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
title_fullStr The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
title_full_unstemmed The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
title_short The diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
title_sort diagnostic and prognostic value of vascularization in papillary thyroid microcarcinomas
topic Papillary
Carcinoma
Thyroid Neoplasms
Immunohistochemistry
url http://pat.zsmu.edu.ua/article/view/42931/39319
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