tissue was taken from 16 patients with benign thyroid lesions ( 10 nontoxic nodular colloid goiter , two follicular adenoma , one autonomous adenoma , one iodine-induced thyrotoxicosis , 2 graves ' disease ) and 18 patients with malignant thyroid tumors [ seven papillary , five follicular , five undifferentiated ( anaplastic ) , and one medullalry carcinoma ] and was xenotransplanted into the flanks of 124 syngeneic female balb/c-nu/nu mice 6 weeks of age .
C0040132
thyroid
C0040156
thyrotoxicosis