Decompression, Surgical ; Humans ; Nose ; surgery ; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Orbit ; surgery

Endoscopy ; methods ; Humans ; Paranasal Sinuses ; surgery

Endoscopy ; Humans ; Nose ; surgery ; Skull Base ; surgery

Humans ; Nose ; anatomy & histology ; surgery ; Petrous Bone ; anatomy & histology ; surgery

Endoscopy ; education ; Humans ; Skull Base ; surgery

Anaphylaxis ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Humans ; Hypersensitivity ; Nose

Feasibility Studies ; Humans ; Ligation ; Paranasal Sinuses ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Adult ; Aged ; Carcinoma, Basal Cell ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Papillary ; pathology ; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; pathology ; Female ; Humans ; Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases ; pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nasolacrimal Duct ; pathology ; Young Adult

Adenocarcinoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; ultrastructure ; Aged ; Carcinoembryonic Antigen ; metabolism ; Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; ultrastructure ; Cardia ; Humans ; Ki-67 Antigen ; metabolism ; Male ; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission ; Stomach Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; ultrastructure ; Synaptophysin ; metabolism

Objective To analyze the expression of Galectin-3 in thyroid follicular tumors and its clinical significance in differential diagnosis between benign and malignant thyroid follicular tumor.Methods The expression of Galectin-3 in 120 cases of thyroid follicular carcinoma and 80 cases of thyroid follicular adenoma was detected by immunohistochemical technique.Results The expression rate of Galectin-3 in thyroid follicular carcinoma was significantly higher than that in follicular adenoma(84％ vs 19％,P ＜ 0.01).Strong positive expression of Galectin-3 was found in 40％ cases of thyroid follicular carcinoma and no case of thyroid follicular adenoma.Conclusions The expression of Galectin-3 can be regarded as an important parameter for differential diagnosis between benign and malignant thyroid follicular tumor.