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Table 5 Influence of presence/absence of serum TgAb on the diagnostic capacity of Tg-FNA

From: Influence of presence/absence of thyroid gland on the cutoff value for thyroglobulin in lymph-node aspiration to detect metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma

 

Tg-FNA+a

Tg-FNA−

Serum TgAb+b

 Metastatic PTC (n = 13)

12

1

 Lymphadenitis (n = 0)

0

0

Serum TgAb−

 Metastatic PTC (n = 46)

44

2

 Lymphadenitis (n = 9)

0

9

  1. aTg-FNA positive (Tg-FNA+) was defined as a Tg-FNA level ≥ 55.99 ng/mL for patients with thyroids and 9.71 ng/mL for patients without thyroids
  2. bTgAb positive (TgAb+) was defined as a serum TgAb >60 IU/mL
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BMC Cancer

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