Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44109-1998, USA.
Surgery. 2012 Dec;152(6):1037-44. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.08.052. Epub 2012 Oct 3.
Atypia/follicular lesion of undetermined significance (A/FLUS) is a new category in the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (BSRTC) for which repeat fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is recommended.
A retrospective review was completed to evaluate the impact of the BSRTC on management of nodular thyroid disease. Patients were divided into pre-BSRTC and BSRTC groups. A comparative analysis of cytopathologic diagnoses and rates of repeat FNAB and malignancy was completed.
FNAB was performed in 730 patients: 337 pre-BSRTC and 393 BSRTC. There was a decrease in follicular/Hürthle cell neoplasm (FN/HCN; 9.5% vs 3.6%, P = .001) but no difference in the rate of malignancy (6.5% vs 6.4%, P = 1.0). Fewer operations (29% vs 21%, P = .02) and more repeat FNABs (3.9% vs 11%, P < .001) were performed in the BSRTC group. Sixty-one (16%) patients had A/FLUS, 56 with complete follow-up. Repeat FNAB in 26 patients was benign (11), A/FLUS (6), suspicious for malignancy (4), FN/HCN (2), and nondiagnostic (3). Thirty-two (57%) patients underwent thyroidectomy, and 6 patients (19%) were diagnosed with cancer.
The BSRTC resulted in more frequent repeat FNAB, fewer thyroidectomies and no change in malignancy rate. In patients with A/FLUS, repeat FNAB was definitive in 65% with a rate of malignancy of 19%.
不典型/滤泡性病变意义未明(A/FLUS)是甲状腺细胞病理学报告 Bethesda 系统(BSRTC)中的一个新类别,建议对其进行重复细针抽吸活检(FNAB)。
对 BSRTC 对结节性甲状腺疾病管理的影响进行了回顾性研究。患者分为 BSRTC 前组和 BSRTC 组。对细胞学诊断和重复 FNAB 及恶性肿瘤的发生率进行了比较分析。
共对 730 例患者进行了 FNAB:337 例 BSRTC 前组和 393 例 BSRTC 组。滤泡/Hurthle 细胞肿瘤(FN/HCN)的发生率下降(9.5% vs 3.6%,P =.001),但恶性肿瘤的发生率无差异(6.5% vs 6.4%,P = 1.0)。BSRTC 组的手术次数减少(29% vs 21%,P =.02),重复 FNAB 增加(3.9% vs 11%,P <.001)。61 例(16%)患者为 A/FLUS,56 例有完整的随访资料。26 例重复 FNAB 为良性(11 例)、A/FLUS(6 例)、可疑恶性(4 例)、FN/HCN(2 例)和非诊断性(3 例)。32 例(57%)患者行甲状腺切除术,6 例(19%)患者诊断为癌症。
BSRTC 导致重复 FNAB 更频繁,甲状腺切除术减少,但恶性肿瘤发生率无变化。在 A/FLUS 患者中,重复 FNAB 可明确诊断 65%,恶性肿瘤发生率为 19%。