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HUMAN PATHOLOGY
卷 46, 期 5, 页码 657-664出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.01.010
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Follicular variant; Papillary; Thyroid; Carcinomas; Encapsulated
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- NCI NIH HHS [P30 CA008748] Funding Source: Medline
The prognosis of the encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (EFVPTC) and its relationship to encapsulated follicular carcinoma (EFC) and follicular adenoma (FA) is subject to controversy. All EFVPTCs, EFCs, and FAs identified at a single institution between 1981 and 2003 were analyzed microscopically. A cohort of FAs from a different hospital was also examined. EFVPTCs were subdivided into noninvasive EFVPTC (NIEFVPTC) and invasive EFVPTC (IEFVPTC) displaying capsular/vascular invasion. There were 83 EFVPTCs (57 noninvasive, 26 invasive), 14 EFCs, and 52 FAs. Similar to FA, over a median follow-up of 9.5 years, none of the NIEFVPTCs manifested lymph node metastasis (LNM) or recurred. Furthermore, with a median follow-up of 10.5 years, none of 39 NIEFVPTCs without radioactive iodine therapy recurred. Four (15%) of 26 IEFVPTCs and none of 14 EFCs harbored distant metastasis (P = .29). There was no difference in LNM rate and degree of vascular or capsular invasion between IEFVPTC and EFC (P > .1). All 4 IEFVPTCs with adverse behavior presented with distant metastasis and no LNM. Sixteen percent of IEFVPTCs had poor outcome, whereas there was none in the NIEFVPTCs (P = .007). In conclusion, NIEFVPTC seems to behave similarly to FA, whereas IEFVPTC can metastasize and spread like EFC. Thus, invasion rather than nuclear features drives outcome in encapsulated follicular tumors. Non-IEFVPTC could be treated in a conservative manner sparing patients unnecessary total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine therapy. The position of the EFVPTC in the classification of thyroid neoplasia should be reconsidered. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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