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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Case Report: A New Entity: Multiple Differentiated Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma With Advanced Clinical Behavior.

Jing Yang, Rixiang Gong, Yu Ma, Jun Gao, Zhihui Li, Jingqiang Zhu, Yanping Gong

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Papillary thyroid carcinoma: an interesting case report.The Pan African medical journal · 2025
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jing YangThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Rixiang GongThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yu MaThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jun GaoDepartment of Toxicological Inspection, Sichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, China.
Zhihui LiThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jingqiang ZhuThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Yanping GongThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Sichuan University · CNSichuan Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are many histological morphological types of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), but the most frequently seen types are conventional. A single PTC commonly has a conventional and/or a variant morphological pattern. PTC with multiple (more than two) well-differentiated morphological patterns are extremely rare. We herein report the rare case of a 48-year-old male with initial diaphragmatic, pancreatic, and liver tumors from PTC. Then, the PTC was discovered following resection of these tumors, an ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNA) cytology of a huge mass in the thyroid's left lobe revealed a PTC. After postoperative recovery, physical and ultrasound examinations identified an irregular large nodule in the thyroid's isthmus and left lobe, several swollen lymph nodes in the left neck, a mass in the left gluteus maximus, and several masses in both the bilateral parotid and salivary regions. The US-FNA's pathological examination confirmed metastatic PTCs in the left gluteus maximus and bilaterally in the parotid and salivary glands. An 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography and computed tomography scan revealed abnormal uptakes in numerous locations (e.g., thyroid's isthmus and left lobe, bilateral parotid gland, and subcutaneous tissues). The patient underwent palliative therapy-including total thyroidectomy, bilateral central neck dissection, left lateral neck dissection, and excision of the bilateral parotid and salivary glands. A whole-body scan post-therapeutic radioactive iodine ablation revealed exclusive thyroid bed uptake. The patient subsequently underwent thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) repression therapy and chemotherapy with lenvatinib, and thereafter achieved stable clinical conditions. Further histopathological analysis of the PTC revealed multiple differentiated morphological patterns in the single tumor located in the isthmus and left lobe of the thyroid, and in some metastatic lesions. Different metastatic lesions also presented different morphological patterns of PTC. In conclusions, we identified a new entity of PTC as a multiple differentiated variant of PTC (MDV-PTC) with an aggressive clinical nature.

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Biopsy, Fine-NeedleCarcinoma, PapillaryFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansIodine RadioisotopesLiver NeoplasmsLymphatic MetastasisMaleMedical OncologyMiddle AgedNeck DissectionPancreatic NeoplasmsPhenylurea CompoundsPositron-Emission TomographyQuinolinesThyroid Cancer, PapillaryFluorodeoxyglucose F18Iodine RadioisotopeslenvatinibPhenylurea CompoundsQuinolinesThyrotropinentitymorphological patternsmultiple differentiated variantPTCsingle tumor

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