A Detailed Histologic and Molecular Assessment of the Diffuse Sclerosing Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

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Diffuse sclerosing variant papillary thyroid carcinoma (DS-PTC) is characterized clinically by a predilection for children and young adults, bulky neck nodes, and pulmonary metastases. Previous studies have suggested infrequent BRAFV600E mutation but common RET gene rearrangements. Using strict criteria, we studied 43 DS-PTCs (1.9% of unselected PTCs in our unit). Seventy-nine percent harbored pathogenic gene rearrangements involving RET, NTRK3, NTRK1, ALK, or BRAF; with the remainder driven by BRAFV600E mutations. All 10 pediatric cases were all gene rearranged (P = .02). Compared with BRAFV600E-mutated tumors, gene rearrangement was characterized by psammoma bodies involving the entire lobe (P = .038), follicular predominant or mixed follicular architecture (P = .003), pulmonary metastases (24% vs none, P = .04), and absent classical, so-called "BRAF-like" atypia (P = .014). There was no correlation between the presence of gene rearrangement and recurrence-free survival. Features associated with persistent/recurrent disease included pediatric population (P = .030), gene-rearranged tumors (P = .020), microscopic extrathyroidal extension (P = .009), metastases at presentation (P = .007), and stage II disease (P = .015). We conclude that DS-PTC represents 1.9% of papillary thyroid carcinomas and that actionable gene rearrangements are extremely common in DS-PTC. DS-PTC can be divided into 2 distinct molecular subtypes and all BRAFV600E-negative tumors (1.5% of papillary thyroid carcinomas) are driven by potentially actionable oncogenic fusions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

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Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 36(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 100329

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chou, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Min Ru [VerfasserIn]
Crayton, Henry [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Ahadi, Mahsa S [VerfasserIn]
Turchini, John [VerfasserIn]
Clarkson, Adele [VerfasserIn]
Sioson, Loretta [VerfasserIn]
Sheen, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Nisha [VerfasserIn]
Clifton-Bligh, Roderick J [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, Bruce G [VerfasserIn]
Gild, Matti L [VerfasserIn]
Tsang, Venessa [VerfasserIn]
Leong, David [VerfasserIn]
Sidhu, Stanley B [VerfasserIn]
Sywak, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Delbridge, Leigh [VerfasserIn]
Aniss, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Wright, Dale [VerfasserIn]
Graf, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Rathi, Vivek [VerfasserIn]
Benitez-Aguirre, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Glover, Anthony R [VerfasserIn]
Gill, Anthony J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ALK
BRAF
Diffuse sclerosing
EC 2.7.10.1
EC 2.7.11.1
Gene fusions
Journal Article
NTRK
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
RET
Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases

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Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 25.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100329

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362135975