Is there any association between Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and thyroid cancer? A retrospective data analysis

Radiologia Brasileira

Daysi Maria De Alcântara-jones¹  Tania Freitas De Alcântara-nunes¹  Bruno De Oliveira Rocha¹  Rafael Daltro De Oliveira¹  Allan Chastinet Pitangueira Santana¹  Fernanda Tavares De Alcântara¹  Thais Magalhães De Faria¹  Igor Campos Da Silva¹  Leila Maria Batista Araújo¹ 

关键词: Thyroid nodule;    Cytopathology;    Thyroid neoplasms;    Thyroiditis;    Ultrasonography;    Nódulo da glândula tireoide;    Citopatologia;    Neoplasias da glândula tireoide;    Tireoidite;    Ultrassonografia;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0100-3984.2014.0072

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

AbstractObjective:To evaluate the association between Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).Materials and Methods:The patients were evaluated by ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Typical cytopathological aspects and/or classical histopathological findings were taken into consideration in the diagnosis of HT, and only histopathological results were considered in the diagnosis of PTC.Results:Among 1,049 patients with multi- or uninodular goiter (903 women and 146 men), 173 (16.5%) had cytopathological features of thyroiditis. Thirty-three (67.4%) out of the 49 operated patients had PTC, 9 (27.3%) of them with histopathological features of HT. Five (31.3%) out of the 16 patients with non-malignant disease also had HT. In the groups with HT, PTC, and PCT+HT, the female prevalence rate was 100%, 91.6%, and 77.8%, respectively. Mean age was 41.5, 43.3, and 48.5 years, respectively. No association was observed between the two diseases in the present study where HT occurred in 31.1% of the benign cases and in 27.3% of malignant cases (p = 0.8).Conclusion:In spite of the absence of association between HT and PCT, the possibility of malignancy in HT should always be considered because of the coexistence of the two diseases already reported in the literature.

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