Tohidi Maasumeh, Pourbehi Gholamreza, Bahmanyar Mohammad, Eghbali Seyed Sajjad, Kalantar Hormozi Mohammadreza, Nabipour Iraj
The Persian Gulf Marine Medicine Biotechnology Research Center, Department of Endocrinology, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Case Rep Endocrinol. 2013;2013:571692. doi: 10.1155/2013/571692. Epub 2013 Oct 29.
Introduction. Mixed medullary-follicular thyroid carcinoma is an uncommon tumor that consists of both follicular and parafollicular cells. Case. We report a 43-year-old woman with a palpable mass in the right side of the neck. Fine needle aspiration suggested a diagnosis of high grade anaplastic carcinoma that has been associated with papillary features. Total thyroidectomy was done in which histopathological examination showed diagnosis of medullary carcinoma. Immunohistochemical staining was positive for chromogranin, calcitonin, and thyroglobulin in tumoral cells. Conclusion. Mixed medullary-follicular thyroid carcinoma is a rare tumor. Diagnosis of these tumors with fine needle aspiration is very difficult and may lead to misdiagnosis. It is necessary to correlate the cytological finding with serum calcitonin and thyroglobulin. Also immunostaining for calcitonin and thyroglobulin confirms diagnosis.
引言。甲状腺髓样-滤泡混合型癌是一种罕见肿瘤,由滤泡细胞和滤泡旁细胞组成。病例。我们报告一名43岁女性,其右侧颈部可触及肿块。细针穿刺提示诊断为具有乳头状特征的高级别未分化癌。遂行全甲状腺切除术,组织病理学检查显示为髓样癌。肿瘤细胞中嗜铬粒蛋白、降钙素和甲状腺球蛋白免疫组化染色呈阳性。结论。甲状腺髓样-滤泡混合型癌是一种罕见肿瘤。通过细针穿刺诊断这些肿瘤非常困难,可能导致误诊。有必要将细胞学检查结果与血清降钙素和甲状腺球蛋白进行关联。此外,降钙素和甲状腺球蛋白免疫染色可确诊。