Following routine cytological examination, 63 thyroid FNAB specimens, received from patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT, n=30) and non-toxic goitre (NTG, n=33), were quantitatively evaluated regarding TGFB1, COL1A1 and COL3A1 expression level by real-time PCR in the ABI PRISM 7500 Sequence Detection System.