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Michele Zini 2010
THYROID CARCINOMASelected clinical cases for discussion
Michele Zini
Servizio di Endocrinologia - Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• She is a nurse
• 2 sons
• Summer 2009: in Poland for holidays she complaints for abdominal pain
• Evidence for gallbladder stones
• Back in Italy:– CT scan: two large liver masses 7 x 6.4 cm and 3 x
3.5 cm
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• Liver biopsy:– Poorly differentiated carcinoma.
Primary neoplasia not identifiable on the basis of morphology
• FDG-PET:– Intense glucose uptake in the liver left lobe, from
neoplastic mass– Focal uptake in the neck, left side, supposedly in the
thyroid left lobe
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• Phone call form the oncologist: “Here is a patient with liver metastasis, may be from thyroid carcinoma. Could you please see her this morning ?”
• Colonoscopy: negative• Gastroscopy: hiatal hernia• Thyroid US:
– In the upper part of the left lobe: hypoechoic nodule, irregular burdens, disomogeneous content, no microcalcifications. No pathological cervical nodes.
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• General Practinioner’s mail:
“I have a patient with liver metastases from thyroid cancer: could you please perform FNA A.S.A.P. ?”
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• FNA report:
“Papillary sheets of epithelial thyroid cells with nuclear grooves and pseudoinclusions. Dense hyperchromatic colloid.Diagnostic for papillary thyroid carcinoma. Thy 5.”
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• Liver malignancy (Primary ? Metastatic ?)
• Papillary thyroid carcinoma• Not likely liver metastases from thyroid
PTC (oncologist and GP agree)
• Excluded MTC
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• Plasma calcitonin: < 4 pg/ml
• The pathologist is requested to perform staining for thyroglobulin and calcitonin on the liver biopsy:– Negative for thyroglobulin, calcitonin,
chromogranin A, synaptophysin
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• June 2010: Operated on for partial left liver resection
• Histology:– Poorly differentiated cholangiocarcinoma
• Currently waiting for thyroidectomy
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Patient #1 - Anna, age 48, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
Issues for discussion:
PTC of incidental diagnosis Epidemiology & Clinical relevance How to manage
PET thyroid incidentalomas Epidemiology & Clinical relevance Role of FDG-PET in thyroid carcinoma diagnosis & follow-up
Thyroid cancer diagnosed in metastatic patients (nodes, lungs, liver, brain) without a known primary neoplasia
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• December 2006 - Due to family history of goiter the GP orders a thyroid US:– Right lobe:
3 cm. node, growing outward the capsule2 more nodules, 4 and 7 mm.
– Left lobe:mixed nodule, 3 cm.2 more nidules, 6 mm.
– 15 mm lymphnode, left laterocervical
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• TSH = 0.9 µU/ml
• FNA:– thyroid - right side: Thy5– thyroid - left side: Thy2– right lymphnode:
• Cytology: bloody specimen• Intranodular Tg: 1.5 ng/ml
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• April 2007: Total thyroidectomy with central compartment dissection
• Histology: tall cell papillary carcinoma of the right lobe. Extension to perithyroidal soft tissues including the muscle. Surgical margins are multifocally involved by the tumor. No vascular invasion. 3 metastatic paratracheal nodes. Parathyroid adenoma.
MACIS 5,9 pTNM pT3N1AM0 Stage III
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• September 2007: – 150 mCi radioactive iodine– Thyroglobulin: 5.1 ng/ml
• TSH = 78 µU/ml• Tg antibodies: negative
– Whole body scan: thyroid remnant
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• December 2008:
– Tg levels:• Basal: 0.6 ng/ml• rhTSH stimulated: 4.3 ng/ml
– Neck US:• right side, level 5: 1 cm. lymphnode• right side, level 2: round-shaped lymphnode located
in front of jugular vein and carotid artery, with hylus T 15 mm x AP 6 mm + further similar lymphnode L 32 mm x AP 10 mm
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• FNA – neck right side:– level 5:
• cytology: papillary clusters of follicular cells with grooves
• intranodular Tg: 88 ng/ml
– level 2:• cytology: bloody, stromal cells• intranodular Tg: 0.5 ng/ml
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• April 2009:– lateral neck dissection (levels 2-3-4-5)
• Histology:– level 3: PTC metastases (2/9 nodes)– level 4: PTC metastases (2/22 nodes)– level 5a: PTC metastases (3/13 nodes)– level 5b: adipose tissue, no lymphnodes
MACIS 5,9 pTNM pT3N1BM0 Stage IVA
MACIS 5,9 pTNM pT3N1AM0 Stage III
Initial staging: Restaging:
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• Follow-up:– further RAI only if detectable thyroglobulin
December 2008:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 0.6rhTSH stimulated: 4.3
node surgery
August 2009:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 1.2rhTSH stimulated: 5.0
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• October 2009: RAI 200 mCi– Tg = 13 ng/ml TgAb = 38 U/ml (30-100)– Whole body scan: no RAI uptake
December 2008:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 0.6rhTSH stimulated: 4.3
August 2009:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 1.2rhTSH stimulated: 5.0
April 2010:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 1.5rhTSH stimulated: 7.7
node surgery RAI 200 mCi
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
Michele Zini 2010
• March 2010: whole-body PET
Neoplastic uptake in thyroid bed, right sided
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
• Neck US:– level 6, right side: little paratracheal
hypoechoic area, 6 mm.
• FNA:– cytology: localization of PTC– FNA-Tg = 7500 ng/ml
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
• June 2010:– reoperated on for central neck dissection (3° surgical
procedure)– calcemia = 6.6 mg/dl (8.5-10.5)
• Histology:– one cystic lymphatic metastasis form PTC– one soft tissue metastasis form PTC
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Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀
December 2008:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 0.6rhTSH stimulated: 4.3
August 2009:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 1.2rhTSH stimulated: 5.0
April 2010:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 1.5rhTSH stimulated: 7.7
node surgery RAI 200 mCi further surgery
Michele Zini 2010
August 2010:
Tg levels (ng/ml):
Basal: 1.5rhTSH stimulated: 5.8
“LAST EPISODE”
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Issues for discussion:
Histologic variants prognosis modalities of treatment timing of follow-up
Recurrent thyroid carcinoma role of repeated surgery role of repeated RAI role of external beam radiotherapy
Patient #2 – Giovanna, age 50, ♀