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Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
*Very rare. | *Very rare. | ||
*Horrible prognosis. | *Horrible prognosis - median survival of 8 months in one series.<ref name=pmid24554064>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mohebati | first1 = A. | last2 = Dilorenzo | first2 = M. | last3 = Palmer | first3 = F. | last4 = Patel | first4 = SG. | last5 = Pfister | first5 = D. | last6 = Lee | first6 = N. | last7 = Tuttle | first7 = RM. | last8 = Shaha | first8 = AR. | last9 = Shah | first9 = JP. | title = Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a 25-year single-institution experience. | journal = Ann Surg Oncol | volume = 21 | issue = 5 | pages = 1665-70 | month = May | year = 2014 | doi = 10.1245/s10434-014-3545-5 | PMID = 24554064 }}</ref> | ||
*Often presents with obstruction. | *Often presents with obstruction. | ||
*Typically there is a history of a thyroid mass. | *Typically there is a history of a thyroid mass. | ||
Latest revision as of 03:12, 4 March 2015
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare aggressive tumour of the thyroid gland.
General
Epidemiology:
- Very rare.
- Horrible prognosis - median survival of 8 months in one series.[1]
- Often presents with obstruction.
- Typically there is a history of a thyroid mass.
Microscopic
Features:
Notes:
- May have features of other thyroid carcinomas, e.g. psammoma bodies, papillae, nuclear changes of PTC.
DDx:
- Poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
- Squamous cell carcinoma.
- Medullary thyroid carcinoma.
- Sarcoma.
Images
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with a component of PTC. (WC)
IHC
- Keratin (AE1/AE3) +ve.
- Vimentin +ve, >90%.[2]
- Thyroglobulin - rarely +ve (~15%).[2]
- CEA -ve, calcitonin -ve; to r/o medullary.
- p53 +ve.
- TTF-1 +ve.
See also
References
- ↑ Mohebati, A.; Dilorenzo, M.; Palmer, F.; Patel, SG.; Pfister, D.; Lee, N.; Tuttle, RM.; Shaha, AR. et al. (May 2014). "Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a 25-year single-institution experience.". Ann Surg Oncol 21 (5): 1665-70. doi:10.1245/s10434-014-3545-5. PMID 24554064.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ordóñez NG, El-Naggar AK, Hickey RC, Samaan NA (July 1991). "Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Immunocytochemical study of 32 cases". Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 96 (1): 15–24. PMID 1712540.