Comparative study of percentage of T-lymphocytes in blood in patients with breast and thyroid cancer.

The authors have studied the percentage of T-lymphocytes detected by means of an acid non-specific esterase technique (ANAE) in venous blood in patients with malignant tumors of mammary and thyroid glands. The examination was concentrated especially on a group of patients with both metastatic and non-metastatic tumors. The examination was performed before and after operation.

Cytologic changes simulating malignancy in thyrotoxic goiters treated with carbimazole.

The cytologic patterns in toxic goiters treated with carbimazole were studied. Most cases exhibited changes, especially the unusually large nuclei, that could be mistaken for malignancy in panoptic-stained material. Study of the nucleolar morphology by means of the toluidine blue stain, however, showed a clear difference from malignant nucleolar types, with the nucleoli displaying types as in the cells of benign euthyroid colloid goiters.

T-lymphocytes detected by esterase technique in malignant tumours of the thyroid.

The authors studied the percentage of T-lymphocytes detected by means of acid non specific esterase technique in patients with malignant thyroid tumours. The lymphocytes were investigated in the punctates from the tumour as well as in the venous blood. The results were compared with those in simple goitres and in healthy controls respectively.