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DIAGNOSTICS
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11010043
关键词
thyroid; follicular adenoma; follicular carcinoma; molecular markers; Raman spectroscopy; mutational analysis; immunohistochemistry
资金
- Italian Ministry of Health, through the TIRAMA project [RF-2018-12366568]
This study analyzed molecular differences between follicular thyroid adenomas with malignant spectroscopic profiles and those with benign Raman spectra. Results showed expression of malignancy-associated proteins in malignant clustered adenomas, with one example exhibiting a TSHR mutation. This suggests the potential predictive value of spectroscopic assessment in recognizing characteristics associated with tumor progression in follicular thyroid neoplasms.
Follicular patterned nodules are sometimes complex to be classified due to ambiguous nuclear features and/or questionable capsular or vascular invasion. In this setting, there is a poor inter-observer concordance even among expert pathologists. Raman spectroscopy was recently used to separate benign and malignant thyroid nodules based on their molecular fingerprint; anyway, some histologically proved follicular adenomas were clustered as having a characteristic profile of malignant lesions. In this study, we analyzed five follicular thyroid adenomas with a malignant spectroscopic profile compared to five follicular adenomas with a benign Raman spectrum in order to assess possible molecular differences between the two groups. Morphological, immunohistochemical, and molecular analyses evidenced expression of malignancy-associated proteins in four out of five malignant clustered adenomas. The remaining malignant clustered adenoma showed a TSHR mutation previously associated with autonomously functioning follicular carcinomas. In conclusion, thyroid follicular adenomas are a group of morphologically benign neoplasms that may have altered the mutational or expression profile; cases of adenomas with altered immunophenotype are recognized as showing a profile associated with malignancy by Raman spectroscopy. This correlation warrants a more extensive evaluation and suggests a potential predictive value of spectroscopic assessment in recognizing characteristics associated with tumor progression in follicular thyroid neoplasms.
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