Abstract
dc:descriptionTHE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE CLINICAL AND LABORATORY VARIABLES ACCORDING TO THEIR SPECIFICITY AND SENSITIVITY IN CORRELATION TO THE BIOLOGIC BEHAVIOR OF THE THYROID ENLARGEMENT. WE ALSO CORRELATE THE VALUE OF F.N.A. TO THE HISTOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS AND SERUM LEVELS OF CEA OF THE PATIENTS. THE F.N.A. BIOPSY WAS SHOWED TO BE THE MOST ACCURATE PROCEDURE IN FINDING OUT THE MALIGNANT POTENTIAL OF THE THYROID MODULE. THE SENSITIVITY OF THE METHOD IS 87,5% AND THE SPECIFICITY IS 86,4%. CEA IS PARTICULARLY HIGH IN THYROID CARCINOMAS (M.V. 29,44 + 13.99) AND IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT (P<0.0001) COMPARED TO FOLLICULAR ADENOMAS AND BENIGN THYROID DISEASES.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Patras
- Year dc:date
- 1988
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Σπηλιώτης, Ιωάννης
Subjects
dc:subject × 11Rights
- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/0660
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/0660