[Low galectin-3 capacity to discriminate thyroid lesions].

Unlabelled: Galectin-3 is considered useful in identifying lesions included in the term follicular tumour.

Objective: To evaluate galectin-3's power to discriminate among diverse thyroid lesions and to identify a set point of expression at which there is the least possible false positive results.

Methods: 26 follicular carcinomas and 104 assorted thyroid lesions were analysed (8 Hashimoto's thyroiditis, 18 goiter, 44 adenoma, 27 papillary carcinoma and 7 normal glands).