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Anaplastic transformation of papillary thyroid carcinoma in recurrent disease in regional lymph nodes: A histologic and immunohistochemical study

✍ Scribed by Ozaki, Osamu; Ito, Kunihiko; Mimura, Takashi; Sugino, Kiminori; Ito, Koichi

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 68 KB
Volume: 70
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-4790
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(199901)70:1<45::aid-jso8>3.0.co;2-b

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Background and Objectives: Although the prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma is favorable in most cases, recurrent disease in the regional lymph nodes is not uncommon, and some patients die of recurrent disease that ultimately becomes unresectable. We studied the proliferative activity of cancer cells in recurrent foci in lymph nodes to see whether repeated recurrences might result in anaplastic transformation of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Methods: Fourteen patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma who underwent reoperation for recurrent disease in the regional lymph nodes more than once were the subjects of the study. The histologic findings and proliferative activity of carcinoma foci at each recurrence were studied histologically and immunohistochemically. Results: There were higher incidences of histologic features of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma in the metastatic foci in the lymph nodes as it recurred repeatedly, and the labeling indexes of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and nuclear antigen Ki-67 (MIB-1) increased. Conclusions: These observations suggest that papillary thyroid carcinoma may become more malignant, even undergo transformation to an anaplastic variety, as metastatic disease in the regional lymph nodes recurs repeatedly.

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