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Objective

To evaluate BRAF(V600E) mutation on consecutive fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) specimens in order to assess FNAB's usefulness in preoperative papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) diagnosis with the contemporaneous analysis of RET/PTC1 and RET/PTC3 rearrangements obtained from ex vivo thyroid nodules.

Design

Thyroid FNABs from 156 subjects with nodules and 49 corresponding surgical samples were examined for the presence of BRAF mutation by real-time allele-specific polymerase chain reaction, confirmed with the use of a laser pressure catapulting system. Samples were also examined for RET/PTC rearrangements. The results were compared with the cytological diagnosis and histopathology.

Main outcomes

13/156 cytological examinations were diagnostic for PTC and 19/156 showed suspicious/indeterminate FNAB (12.2%). FNAB-BRAF(V600E) mutation was detected in 11/16 (69%) cases with histological confirmation of PTC. In our series, RET/PTC rearrangement was detected in only one case of PTC, whereas it was not present in any case of adenoma, goiter, or Hashimoto's thyroiditis. No PTC case was found positive at the same time for BRAF mutation and RET/PTC rearrangements.

Conclusion

BRAF(V600E) mutation detected on FNAB specimens, more than RET/PTC rearrangements, is highly specific for PTC and its routine research might well be an adjunctive and integrative diagnostic tool for the preoperative diagnostic iter."xsd:string
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http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/17727338http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Modica G."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/17727338http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Nucera M."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/17727338http://purl.uniprot.org/core/author"Smeraldi L."xsd:string
http://purl.uniprot.org/citations/17727338http://purl.uniprot.org/core/date"2007"xsd:gYear
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