The Diagnostic Accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and the Diagnostic Usefulness of Galectin-3 Immunostaining for the Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
10.3338/kjc.2008.19.2.160
- Author:
Chan Kwon JUNG
1
;
Jung Ha SHIN
;
Hyun Seung LEE
;
Ahwon LEE
;
Eun Sun JUNG
;
Yeong Jin CHOI
;
Kyo Young LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Hospital Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. leekyoyo@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fine needle aspiration;
Thyroid cytology;
Follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma;
Galectin-3
- MeSH:
Biopsy, Fine-Needle;
Carcinoma;
Chromatin;
Cinnarizine;
Galectin 3;
Humans;
Retrospective Studies;
Thyroid Gland;
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Thyroid Nodule
- From:Korean Journal of Cytopathology
2008;19(2):160-163
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The cytologic diagnosis of the follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) has become one of the common causes of false negative diagnoses when performing fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the thyroid gland. We retrospectively reviewed all the aspirates for which a diagnosis of FVPTC had been made based on the surgically excised specimens, regardless of the cytologic diagnosis. 145 FNACs was performed in 135 patients. The cytologic diagnoses were categorized as 2 unsatisfactory specimens (1.4%), 16 benign (11.0%), 49 atypical (33.8%) and 78 malignant lesions (53.8%). The tumor cells consistently showed significant nuclear overlapping, irregular nuclei and fine chromatin in all cases; however, nuclear grooves and inclusions were scarce. Galectin-3 immunostaining was performed on the cell blocks of 65 cases and this was positive for 45 cases (69.2%). The results of our study demonstrate that the determination of minimal cytologic criteria is needed to raise the sensitivity of detecting FVPTC by FNAC, and galectin-3 immunostaining is useful to make decisions on the surgical treatment of cytologically atypical thyroid nodules.
