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*Ki-67 >6% of cells positive - supports diagnosis.<ref name=pmid7860042>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Abbona | first1 = GC. | last2 = Papotti | first2 = M. | last3 = Gasparri | first3 = G. | last4 = Bussolati | first4 = G. | title = Proliferative activity in parathyroid tumors as detected by Ki-67 immunostaining. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 26 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-8 | month = Feb | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 7860042 }}</ref>
*Ki-67 >6% of cells positive - supports diagnosis.<ref name=pmid7860042>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Abbona | first1 = GC. | last2 = Papotti | first2 = M. | last3 = Gasparri | first3 = G. | last4 = Bussolati | first4 = G. | title = Proliferative activity in parathyroid tumors as detected by Ki-67 immunostaining. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 26 | issue = 2 | pages = 135-8 | month = Feb | year = 1995 | doi =  | PMID = 7860042 }}</ref>
**Parathyroid adenomas and hyperplasias ~ 3%.
**Parathyroid adenomas and hyperplasias ~ 3%.
*[[PAX8]] +ve.<ref name=pmid22498579>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Ordóñez | first1 = NG. | title = Value of PAX 8 immunostaining in tumor diagnosis: a review and update. | journal = Adv Anat Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 3 | pages = 140-51 | month = May | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/PAP.0b013e318253465d | PMID = 22498579 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:01, 11 June 2019

Parathyroid carcinoma
Diagnosis in short
Site parathyroid gland

Prevalence very rare
Prognosis poor
Clin. DDx parathyroid adenoma, parathyroid hyperplasia, thyroid cancer
Treatment surgical excision

Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare epithelial malignancy of the parathyroid gland.

General

  • Extremely rare.

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Histologically normal parathyroid cells.
    • Cytologic features not reliable for diagnosis.
  • Fibrous capsule.
  • Invasion of surrounding tissue - key feature.
  • +/-Metastasis - diagnostic feature.

Note:

  • Diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma is like that of malignant pheochromocytoma - cytology useless, tissue invasion and metastases are the key features.

Images

IHC

  • Ki-67 >6% of cells positive - supports diagnosis.[2]
    • Parathyroid adenomas and hyperplasias ~ 3%.
  • PAX8 +ve.[3]

See also

References

  1. Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; Aster, Jon (2009). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1128. ISBN 978-1416031215.
  2. Abbona, GC.; Papotti, M.; Gasparri, G.; Bussolati, G. (Feb 1995). "Proliferative activity in parathyroid tumors as detected by Ki-67 immunostaining.". Hum Pathol 26 (2): 135-8. PMID 7860042.
  3. Ordóñez, NG. (May 2012). "Value of PAX 8 immunostaining in tumor diagnosis: a review and update.". Adv Anat Pathol 19 (3): 140-51. doi:10.1097/PAP.0b013e318253465d. PMID 22498579.