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恶性组合:髓样与滤泡样变异型混合性甲状腺乳头状癌

A Malignant Duo: Mixed Medullary and Follicular Variant Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

作者信息

Alshaakh Mohd Mari Anwar, Titus Joane, Zayat Vania, Kinaan Mustafa

机构信息

Internal Medicine, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) University of Central Florida (UCF), Florida, USA.

Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine, Orlando, USA.

出版信息

Cureus. 2024 Aug 19;16(8):e67231. doi: 10.7759/cureus.67231. eCollection 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a relatively rare thyroid malignancy, constituting a small percentage of all thyroid cancer cases. Even more rare is the occurrence of mixed MTC and papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), found in a very small fraction of MTC cases. These cancers originate from different cell types with distinct developmental origins. The coexistence of MTC and PTC in the same patient raises questions about whether this occurrence is merely coincidental or if there is an underlying genetic link. We present the case of a woman with metastatic mixed MTC and PTC. A 61-year-old woman with a history of Hashimoto's disease was found to have bilateral thyroid nodules; the largest (1.7 cm) was in the right lobe. This nodule met fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy criteria and was found to have a follicular neoplasm of undetermined significance. The patient elected to pursue total thyroidectomy instead of lobectomy given the presence of bilateral nodules. Postoperative pathology showed mixed medullary carcinoma (pT3b) and follicular variant papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (pT1a) involving the right lobe with positive anterior and posterior margins and lymphovascular invasion. Preoperative calcitonin was not checked. However, post-thyroidectomy calcitonin was 1599 pg/mL. She underwent central and right lateral neck dissection which showed 27 out of 35 lymph nodes were positive for malignancy. Postoperative calcitonin dropped to 38.7 pg/mL. She then established care in our endocrine clinic. Screening for pheochromocytoma and primary hyperparathyroidism was normal. She underwent external beam radiation of the neck. A year after her initial surgery, her neck ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) studies show no signs of local or distant anatomic recurrence. Her thyroglobulin level remains undetectable, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) within normal range, and calcitonin stable at about 20 pg/mL. She is on levothyroxine 100 mcg daily with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) at a suppression goal of <0.1 mIU/L. Mixed PTC and MTC is poorly studied due to its rarity. The origin of these mixed tumors is unclear, but some suggest that they arise from neoplastic changes of remnant multipotent cells in the thyroid. While patients with PTC often have a favorable prognosis following surgical therapy, MTC has a more aggressive course. We suggest monitoring patients like ours for both MTC and PTC, as if present in isolation. Our case highlights the clinical aspects of this condition and our current knowledge of its pathophysiology.

摘要

甲状腺髓样癌(MTC)是一种相对罕见的甲状腺恶性肿瘤,在所有甲状腺癌病例中占比很小。更罕见的是混合性MTC和甲状腺乳头状癌(PTC)的发生,在极小部分MTC病例中被发现。这些癌症起源于具有不同发育起源的不同细胞类型。同一患者中MTC和PTC的共存引发了关于这种情况是仅仅巧合还是存在潜在遗传联系的疑问。我们报告一例转移性混合性MTC和PTC的女性病例。一名有桥本氏病病史的61岁女性被发现双侧甲状腺有结节;最大的结节(1.7厘米)位于右叶。该结节符合细针穿刺(FNA)活检标准,经检查为意义未明的滤泡性肿瘤。鉴于存在双侧结节,患者选择进行全甲状腺切除术而非叶切除术。术后病理显示混合性髓样癌(pT3b)和滤泡型甲状腺微小乳头状癌(pT1a)累及右叶,切缘前后均为阳性且有脉管侵犯。术前未检测降钙素。然而,甲状腺切除术后降钙素为1599 pg/mL。她接受了中央区和右侧颈部淋巴结清扫,结果显示35个淋巴结中有27个有恶性转移。术后降钙素降至38.7 pg/mL。随后她在我们的内分泌诊所接受治疗。嗜铬细胞瘤和原发性甲状旁腺功能亢进的筛查结果正常。她接受了颈部外照射。初次手术后一年,她的颈部超声和计算机断层扫描(CT)检查未显示局部或远处解剖学复发迹象。她的甲状腺球蛋白水平仍无法检测到,癌胚抗原(CEA)在正常范围内,降钙素稳定在约20 pg/mL。她每天服用100微克左甲状腺素,促甲状腺激素(TSH)抑制目标为<0.1 mIU/L。由于混合性PTC和MTC罕见,对其研究较少。这些混合性肿瘤的起源尚不清楚,但有人认为它们源于甲状腺中残余多能细胞的肿瘤性改变。虽然PTC患者手术治疗后通常预后良好,但MTC病程更具侵袭性。我们建议像我们的患者这样的患者同时监测MTC和PTC,就好像它们单独存在一样。我们的病例突出了这种情况的临床特点以及我们目前对其病理生理学的认识。

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