Τίτλος:
Fine needle aspiration and medulla
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) to preoperatively diagnose medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) among multiple international centers and evaluate how the cytological diagnosis alone could impact patient management.Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of sporadic MTC (sMTC) patients from 12 institutions over the last 29 years. FNAB cytology results were compared to final pathologic diagnoses to calculate FNAB sensitivity. To evaluate the impact of cytology sensitivity for MTC according to current practice and to avoid confounding results by local treatment protocols, changes in treatment patterns over time, and the influence of ancillary findings (e.g., serum calcitonin), therapeutic interventions based on FNAB cytology alone were projected into 1 of 4 treatment categories: total thyroidectomy (TT) and central neck dissection (CND), TT without CND, diagnostic hemithyroidectomy, or observation.Results: A total of 313 patients from 4 continents and 7 countries were included, 245 of whom underwent FNAB. FNAB cytology revealed MTC in 43.7% and possible MTC in an additional 2.4%. A total of 113 (46.1%) patients with surgical pathology revealing sMTC had FNAB findings that supported TT with CND, while 37 (15.1%) supported TT alone. In the remaining cases, diagnostic hemithyroidectomy and observation were projected in 32.7% and 6.1%, respectively.Conclusion: FNAB is an important diagnostic tool in the evaluation of thyroid nodules, but the low sensitivity of cytological evaluation alone in sMTC limits its ability to command an optimal preoperative evaluation and initial surgery in over half of affected patients. © 2013 AACE.
Συγγραφείς:
Essig, G.
Porter, K.
Schneider, D.
Debora, A.
Lindsey, S.
Busonero, G.
Fineberg, D.
Fruci, B.
Boelaert, K.
Smit, J.
Meijer, J.
Duntas, L.
Sharma, N.
Costante, G.
Filetti, S.
Sippel, R.
Biondi, B.
Topliss, D.
Pacini, F.
MacIel, R.
Walz, P.
Kloos, R.
Περιοδικό:
Endocrine Practice
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
calcitonin, adult; anaplastic thyroid cancer; article; aspiration cytology; calcitonin blood level; cancer staging; controlled study; cytodiagnosis; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic test accuracy study; distant metastasis; fine needle aspiration biopsy; human; lymph node dissection; lymph vessel metastasis; major clinical study; neck dissection; oncogene ret; patient care; preoperative evaluation; retrospective study; sensitivity and specificity; spindle cell; thyroid carcinoma; thyroid medullary carcinoma; thyroid nodule; thyroidectomy, Adolescent; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological Markers; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Carcinoma, Medullary; Data Collection; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a; Neoplasm Staging; Preoperative Care; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Thyroid Neoplasms; Thyroid Nodule; Thyroidectomy; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult
