PURPOSE Thyroid nodules are common, with a lifetime risk of developing a clinically significant thyroid nodule of 10% or higher. Preoperative diagnosis was greatly enhanced by the introduction of fine needle aspiration in the 1970s, but there has been little advancement since that time. Discrimination between benign and malignant follicular neoplasms is currently not possible by fine needle asp...

OBJECTIVES To characterize trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) expression in normal thyroid tissue samples compared with that in follicular adenoma, follicular carcinoma, and follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma using immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays. DESIGN Immunohistochemical analysis of 83 normal thyroid tissue and of 83 follicular neoplasms (26 follicular adenomas, 25 follicula...

background: the relationship between metabolism and reproduction has been always considered as an important topic in female endocrinology. it seems that leptin is one of the involved factors in infertility. leptin, in addition to regulating body weight plays an important role in regulation of endocrine, reproductive and immune systems. the aim of this stduy is to compare serum and follicular fl...

Date of acceptance / Kabul tarihi: March 09, 2016 / 09 Mart 2016 ABSTRACT: Role of galectin-3 and CD44v6 expression in the differentiation of the follicular carcinoma and adenoma of the thyroid Objective: The role of the galectin-3 and CD44v6 expression in the differentiation of the thyroid follicular carcinoma and follicular adenoma were investigated in many preoperative cytologic samples and ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine amino acid (AA), ammonia and urea concentrations in human ovarian follicular fluid and to compare these concentrations with those in the circulation. METHODS Samples of pre-ovulatory follicular fluid and peripheral venous blood were obtained from 14 IVF patients. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) measurements of 25 AAs were the main outcome...

During the early follicular phase in the menstrual cycle, antral follicle sizes are often markedly heterogeneous. These follicular size discrepancies may, at least in part, result from the early exposure of FSH-sensitive follicles to gradient FSH concentrations during the preceding luteal phase. In addition, they potentially affect the results of ovarian stimulation. Indeed, pre-existing follic...

Our previous study reported microorganisms in human follicular fluid. The objective of this study was to test human follicular fluid for the presence of microorganisms and to correlate these findings with the in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. In this study, 263 paired follicular fluids and vaginal swabs were collected from women undergoing IVF cycles, with various causes for infertility, a...