Open AccessANTI-THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY LEVEL IN THYROID NODULES: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THYROID NEOPLASIA
Author(s) -
Swati Bera,
Soma Gupta,
Sumanta K Dutta,
Kanika Mandi Chowdhury,
Swati Bhattacharyya,
Mita Das Saha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international research journal of pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2230-8407
DOI - 10.7897/2230-8407.04633
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid peroxidase , thyroid , thyroid carcinoma , malignancy , follicular phase , antibody , endocrinology , goiter , adenoma , carcinoma , follicular carcinoma , pathology , papillary carcinoma , immunology
Anti-TPO antibody level was evaluated in 86 patients, along with 25 healthy controls to detect its change in various forms of thyroid nodules particularly in thyroid malignancy when compared with healthy controls. The study revealed that Anti-TPO antibody level was increased in Benign & toxic form of Multi nodular goiter and papillary carcinoma but there is no elevation of Anti- TPO antibody level in follicular adenoma or follicular carcinoma