Diagnostic Utility Of Galectin 3 In Differentiating Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma From Its Histological Mimickers A Retrospective Study

Abstract

A I M A N D O B J E C T I V E S newline3 newlineAIM AND OBJECTIVES newlineAIM newlineTo study the histomorphological characteristics of thyroid newlineneoplasms in a tertiary care centre and to evaluate the diagnostic newlinerole of immunohistochemical marker Galectin-3 (Gal-3) in the newlinedifferentiation of PTC from its histological mimickers. newlineOBJECTIVES newlineand#61623; To study the histomorphological characteristics of thyroid newlinelesions and subtype them according to the established newlineclassification systems. newlineand#61623; To compare the histomorphological profile of these cases with newlinethose reported in literature. newlineand#61623; To study the expression of immunohistochemical marker newlineGalectin 3 in various thyroid lesions. newlineand#61623; To determine the usefulness of immunohistochemistry in newlinedifferentiating Papillary thyroid carc inoma and its variants newlinefrom its histological mimickers. newline