Modern methods to differentiate benign thyroid nodules from malignant ones
Journal Title: Revista de Medicină Militară - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study is to compare the capsular structure appearing in follicular adenoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma to differentiate the benign and malignant thyroid nodules. Methods: Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Microscopy was used to image collagen distribution in the capsules of several types of nodules. The tissue fragments were formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded but without H&E staining, with 4-5 microns thick sections. From the same sample, two consecutive sections were made. The first was colored with H&E and capsule images were acquired with an optical microscope. The second was not colored with H&E. On the uncolored sample, type I collagen from the capsule was visualized by SHG microscopy. In addition, a parameter was used to study the orientation of collagen fibers, obtained from the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis of 2D-images. Results: SHG microscopy images were acquired to assess the collagen organization of tumoral capsular thyroid nodules previously diagnosed as benign or malignant by conventional H&E staining. Different degree of collagen fibers orientation was observed from the two kinds of capsules and quantified using FFT analysis. Conclusion: These above described microscopy method can be used to distinguish between benign and malignant thyroid nodules, based on different degree of the capsular collagen fibers orientation.
Authors and Affiliations
Lucian Eftimie, R Hristu, Marius Dumitrescu, Mariana Costache, S Stanciu, Maria Sajin, G Stanciu
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