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Jul 15, 2017 - Keywords: Hyalinizing trabecular tumor, thyroid tumor, immunohistochemistry, BRAF. Sis during the follow-up (mean follow-up period. Update on Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Morphological, Molecular, and Genetic Features of the Most Aggressive Thyroid Cancer. The transdifferentiation of well-differentiated thyroid tumor cells toward a nondifferentiated status has been proposed as one of the major processes in the pathogenesis of ATCs.
The monoclonal MIB-1 antibody reacts with the nuclei of cells in the late G1, S, G2, and M phases of the cell cycle. Previously, we found two cases of hyalinizing trabecular adenoma that showed cell membrane and cytoplasmic immunopositivity for the antibody.
The purpose of this investigation was to confirm this exceptional reactive pattern of MIB-1 in hyalinizing trabecular adenoma. For the study, we collected 13 additional hyalinizing trabecular adenomas and stained a total of 15 tumors using MIB-1 antibody. Ten cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma were studied similarly. All hyalinizing trabecular adenomas showed strong positivity for the antibody in 90% or more of the tumor cells, localized especially to the cell membrane and also to the cytoplasm.
There was no cell membrane or cytoplasmic MIB-1 positivity among the 10 papillary carcinomas. Luminal border of normal extratumoral thyroid follicles rarely showed faint immunopositivity. Our findings indicate that strong cell membrane and cytoplasmic immunoreactivity for MIB-1 is a characteristic of the hyalinizing trabecular adenoma. Staining for MIB-1 will be useful in differentiating hyalinizing trabecular adenoma from papillary carcinoma, which shares a number of cytologic and histologic findings with hyalinizing trabecular adenoma.
Hyalinizing trabecular tumor (HTT) is an unusual and controversial lesion of the thyroid gland. Some have considered it a unique entity, some have considered it a variant of papillary carcinoma, and still others have considered it a nonspecific pattern that may be seen with a variety of thyroid lesions. The histological and ultrastructural characteristics of this thyroid neoplasm are well documented; however, its cytological diagnosis by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) remains challenging. The cytomorphological features of this entity overlap with both papillary and medullary carcinoma to a varying extent. We report a case of HTT with cytological evaluation by FNAC in a 28-year-old male. Download full-text PDF Source DOI Listing PMC. What are PubFacts Points?
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