...Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa; Miyoko Higuchi; Ayana Suzuki; Toshitetsu Hayashi; Seiji Kuma; Akira Miyauchi Introduction: We aimed to clarify the clinical and pathological characteristics of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with unique honeycomb-like growth (HLG) and discuss its diagnostic significance...

...Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa; Katsuya Matsuda; Takumi Kudo; Miyoko Higuchi; Ayana Suzuki; Nami Takada; Masahiro Nakashima; Akira Miyauchi Objective: This study aimed to demonstrate that the cribriform-morular variant (CMV) of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has high Ki-67 labeling indices, despite its...

...Nami Takada; Zhanna Mussazhanova; Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa; Masahiro Nakashima; Akira Miyauchi Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of CTNNB1 (β-catenin) mutations in cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma with desmoid-type fibromatosis (PTC-DTF) expressing aberrant nuclear...

... or advertisements. Cribriform variant Papillary thyroid carcinoma Subnuclear lipid accumulation Foamy cytoplasm Adipophilin The cribriform variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (CV-PTC) is a rare variant of PTC and constitutes <0.5% of all PTCs [ 1 ]. It usually occurs in young women...

...Eiwa Ishida; Mitsutoshi Nakamura; Keiji Shimada; Tomonori Higuchi; Keisuke Takatsu; Katsunari Yane; Noboru Konishi Objective: The aim of this study was hypermethylation of multiple genes for papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). Methods: We examined 39 lesions using methylation-specific PCR...

...G. Lahr; M. Stich; K. Schütze; P. Blümel; H. Pösl; W.B.J. Nathrath Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of the expression of the RET oncogene (rearranged during transfection) in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC) and its variants in the differential diagnosis of thyroid...