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Table 1 Comparison of the non-MTC nodules in hereditary MTC patients and in sporadic MTC patients

From: Calcitonin measurement in fine-needle aspirate washout fluid by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay for thyroid tumors

Patient

FNA-Ct (pg/mL)

Serum calcitonin (pg/mL)

FNA-Ct /Serum calcitonin ratio

Sporadic or Hereditary MTC patients

1

10.6

26.8

0.40

sporadic

2

21.2

640

0.03

sporadic

3

24.4

112

0.22

sporadic

4

24.6

2600

0.01

sporadic

5

112

458

0.25

sporadic

6

623

15.9

39.2

hereditary

7

2100

282

7.45

hereditary