Research Article
Impact of NRAS Mutations on the Diagnosis of Follicular Neoplasm of the Thyroid
Table 3
Clinicopathologic features and the NRAS mutation status of 63 benign lesions with a preoperative diagnosis of follicular neoplasm.
| | Patients with a NRAS negative benign nodule | Patients with a NRAS positive benign nodule
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| Average tumor size (cm) | 2.2 ± 1.5 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 0.010 | Age | | | | 45 years | 14 (74%) | 5 (26%) | 0.224 | >45 years | 38 (86%) | 6 (14%) | Gender | | | | Female | 45 (83%) | 9 (17%) | 0.684 | Male | 7 (78%) | 2 (22%) | Histopathology | | | | Follicular adenoma | 41 (80%) | 10 (20%) | 0.355 | Nodular hyperplasia | 11 (92%) | 1 (8%) |
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