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Immunohistochemical Detection of Thyroid Transcription Factor-1, Thyroglobulin, and Calcitonin in Canine Normal, Hyperplastic, and Neoplastic Thyroid Gland

Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO ¹

Immunohistochemistry for thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), thyroglobulin, and calcitonin was done in normal, hyperplastic, and neoplastic canine thyroid glands that had been fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin. Prolonged fixation did not significantly alter the immunostaining for TTF-1. Staining for TTF-1 was always nuclear and usually strong. One of two C-cell adenomas, five of five follicular cell adenomas, 5 of 11 C-cell carcinomas, 38 of 42 follicular cell carcinomas, two of five cases of C-cell hyperplasia, two of two cases of follicular epithelial hyperplasia, one of two metastatic C-cell carcinomas, and three of four metastatic follicular carcinomas were positive for TTF-1. One follicular carcinoma that was positive for TTF-1 was negative for thyroglobulin. Thirty-nine of 42 follicular cell carcinomas were positive for thyroglobulin, including two cases that were negative for TTF-1. All C-cell lesions were positive for calcitonin. Of a variety of normal canine tissues and 278 nonthyroid tumors, only normal lung (airway and alveolar epithelial cells) and four of five pulmonary carcinomas were positive for TTF-1. TTF-1 is a good marker of thyroid differentiation and can be used in conjunction with thyroglobulin and calcitonin to increase the detection and differentiation of thyroid tumors and their metastases.

Key words: Calcitonin; dog; immunohistochemistry; neoplasia; thyroglobulin; thyroid; thyroid transcription factor-1.

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