DISTRIBUTION OF SEX HORMONES AND LYMPHOCYTES IN REPRODUCTIVE WOMAN WITH THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA AND HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS.

The incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma is characterised with increasing tendency, with unknown reasons. Frequently the co-occurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis has been observed. The aim of our study was to analyse the expression of hormone receptors, lymphocytic infiltration and thyreocyte/lymphocyte proliferation index in thyroid papillary carcinoma and in Hashimoto's thyroiditis.