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Table 5 BRAF mutational status according to c-KIT expression classes and to morphological diagnosis

From: c-KIT receptor expression is strictly associated with the biological behaviour of thyroid nodules

HD

CD

class I

class II

class III

class IV

  

V600E

WT

V600E

WT

V600E

WT

V600E

WT

PTC: 46

PTC: 30

12

3

9

5

0

1

0

0

 

SPTC: 11

0

4

4

2

0

1

0

0

 

IFP: 5

0

0

0

4

0

1

0

0

BN: 36

BN: 17

0

0

0

5

0

11

0

1

 

IFP: 19

0

0

0

8

0

7

0

4

  1. HD: histological diagnosis. CD: cytological diagnosis. WT: wild type. PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma. SPTC: suspicious for PTC. IFP: indeterminate follicular proliferation.