Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)

The Korean Society for Head and Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회)
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Histopathological Features of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Showing Extrathyroid Invasion

갑상선 유두상암종의 조직병리학적 소견과 종양침윤과의 연관성

  • Hong Ki-Hwan (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Park Jong-Kwon (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Cho Yoon-Sung (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee Dong-Geun (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chonbuk National University)
  • 홍기환 (전북대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 박종권 (전북대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 조윤성 (전북대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 이동근 (전북대학교 의과대학 병리학교실)
  • Published : 1998.05.01
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Abstract

Generally, the papillary carcinoma generally has a favorable prognosis, and several variants of pathologic heterogeneity are recognized. Variants that are regarded as more aggressive are tall cell, columnar cell, and diffuse sclerosing types. Seventeen cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma showing clinically aggressive behavior, invading extrathyroidal structures, were retrospectively reviewed to evaluate the morphological variants of the tumors. Six of them were found to be pure papillary and nine were mixed types regarded as non-aggressive variants. Four cases were found to be tall cell variants, two cases of non-extrathryoidal invasion and two of extrathyroidal invasion regarded as aggressive variants. Our findings suggest that the prognosis of papillary carcinoma not always be based on its morphological variant and more attention should be given to other clinical parameters.

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