Simultaneous Occurrence of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma : A Case Series with Literature Review

BACKGROUND: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of differentiated TC, while medullary TC (MTC) accounts for 4%. The concomitant presence of PTC and MTC is rare.

METHODS: This is a retrospective, single-center observational study conducted over 16 years (2001-2017). The data were collected from the clinical records of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy at the Endocrine Unit-Department of Medicine of the University Hospital of Pisa, Italy.

RESULTS: Over 690 analyzed cases, 650 (94.2%) were exclusive DTC, 19 exclusive MTC (2.75%) and 5 PTC/MTC (0.7%). No case of mixed medullary/follicular TC or hereditary MTC (familial MTC/multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2) was found. Among the five PTC/MTC cases, there was a male prevalence (M:F = 3:2), and all PTC components were at stage I, whereas 40% of MTC were at stage I and III and 20% of MTC were at stage II; microPTC (mPTC) was prevalent (80%) and also microMTCs were frequent (40%); 60% of MTC patients recovered, while 40% of patients developed metastatic disease. The search for germline mutations of the RET gene resulted in being negative in all cases.

CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of PTC/MTC has been increasing over the past 30 years. The etiology of PTC/MTC forms is still unknown, and although this simultaneous occurrence could be only a coincidence, we cannot exclude the hypothesis of a shared genetic origin.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) - 30(2023), 12 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 10237-10248

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fallahi, Poupak [VerfasserIn]
Patrizio, Armando [VerfasserIn]
Stoppini, Giulio [VerfasserIn]
Elia, Giusy [VerfasserIn]
Ragusa, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Paparo, Sabrina Rosaria [VerfasserIn]
Balestri, Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Mazzi, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Botrini, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Varricchi, Gilda [VerfasserIn]
Ulisse, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Ghionzoli, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Antonelli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Silvia Martina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
Medullary thyroid cancer
Papillary thyroid cancer
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
RET mutation
Review
Simultaneous cancers
Thyroid ultrasound

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Date Completed 27.12.2023

Date Revised 27.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/curroncol30120745

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NLM36623045X