| Literature DB >> 25019383 |
Caterina Mian1, Filippo Ceccato1, Susi Barollo1, Sara Watutantrige-Fernando1, Nora Albiger1, Daniela Regazzo1, Paola de Lazzari1, Gianmaria Pennelli2, Sandra Rotondi3, Davide Nacamulli1, Maria Rosa Pelizzo4, Marie-Lise Jaffrain-Rea5, Franco Grimaldi6, Gianluca Occhi1, Carla Scaroni1.
Abstract
AIM: Acromegaly reportedly carries an increased risk of malignant and benign thyroid tumors, with a prevalence of thyroid cancer of around 3-7%. Germline mutations in the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) interacting protein (AIP) have been identified in familial forms of acromegaly. The molecular and endocrine relationships between follicular thyroid growth and GH-secreting pituitary adenoma have yet to be fully established. Our aim was to study the prevalence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in acromegaly, focusing on the role of genetic events responsible for the onset of thyroid cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25019383 PMCID: PMC4096503 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101560
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Clinical characteristics of acromegalic patients with and without differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC).
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| Age at acromegaly diagnosis (years) | 53±16 | 45±13 |
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| Follow-up for acromegaly (months) | 126±99 | 133±105 | 0.83 |
| GH at acromegaly diagnosis (µg/L) | 25±25 | 34±58 | 0.69 |
| IGF-1 at acromegaly diagnosis (µg/L) | 767±311 | 866±360 | 0.43 |
| Female | 11 (92%) | 53 (52%) |
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| Pituitary macroadenoma | 8 (67%) | 80 (79%) | 0.33 |
| Pituitary neurosurgery | 7 (59%) | 78 (77%) | 0.16 |
| Pituitary radiotherapy | 2 (17%) | 23 (23%) | 0.63 |
| Goiter | 12 (100%) | 71 (70%) |
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| Uninodular goiter | 8 (67%) | 19 (27%) |
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| Multinodular goiter | 4 (33%) | 39 (55%) |
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| Diffuse goiter | 0 (0%) | 13 (18%) |
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| Other tumors | 7 (58%) | 51 (50%) | 0.61 |
Clinical characteristics, histotypes, and follow-up for acromegaly and thyroid cancer in 12 acromegalic patients with DTC.
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| FU (months) | IGF-1 µg/L (ULN) | TNM | BRAF V600E | AHR score | Status |
| 1,F,66 | 37 | 360 | macro | yes | yes | 56 | 132 | 118 (0.48 | PTC, pT1N0 | wt | 2 | ADF |
| 2,F,44 | 35 | 115 | macro | yes | no | 35 | 117 | 347 (1.41) | PTC, pT1N0 | mut | 3 | ADF |
| 3,F,76 | 63 | 162 | macro | no | no | 67 | 111 | 652 (1.74) | PTC, pT1a(m)NX | mut | 3 | ADF |
| 4,F,73 | 67 | 72 | macro | no | no | 66 | 75 | 695 (3.44) | PTC, pT2(m)N1a | mut | 3 | ADF |
| 5,M,60 | 58 | 31 | macro | no | no | 27 | 396 | n.a. | FTC, pT2N1 | n.a. | n.a. | ADF |
| 6,F,86 | 85 | 21 | macro | no | no | 77 | 109 | n.a. | PTC, pT3b NX | wt | 3 | ADF |
| 7,F,68 | 68 | 7 | micro | no | no | 68 | 7 | 520 (2.57) | PTC, pT3N1b | mut | 3 | ADF |
| 8,F,62 | 53 | 120 | macro | yes | no | 53 | 120 | 640 (2.59) | PTC, pT1(m)NX | mut | 3 | ADF |
| 9,F,58 | 30 | 190 | macro | yes | yes | 45 | 145 | 320 (1.30) | PTC, pT1NX | mut | 3 | ADF |
| 10,F,68 | 51 | 180 | micro | yes | no | 70 | 170 | 120 (0.49) | PTC, pT1N0 | wt | 2 | ADF |
| 11,F,45 | 39 | 70 | micro | yes | no | 37 | 75 | n.a. | PTC, pT1a,NX | mut | 3 | ADF |
| 12,F,68 | 45 | 190 | micro | yes | no | 63 | 64 | 380 (1.88) | FTC, pT1N0 | n.a. | n.a. | ADF |
Legend: FU: follow-up, N Sur: neurosurgery; RT: radiotherapy, DTC: differentiated thyroid carcinoma, PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma, FTC: follicular thyroid carcinoma;
*: DTC diagnosed during episode of hypopituitarism; ULN: upper limit of normality for sex and age; ADF: alive, disease-free. T1a: nodes with largest diameter ≤10 mm; (m) multifocal; mut: BRAF V600E mutation; wt: wild-type; n.a.: not applicable.
Figure 1AHR protein expression in: an acromegaly-related classical variant of PTC carrying a V600E BRAF mutation (a–b); an acromegaly-unrelated PTC variant with hobnail features carrying a V600E BRAF mutation (c–d); an acromegaly-unrelated follicular variant of PTC, wild-type for BRAF (e–f). Normal thyroid tissue surrounding cancer cells is also visible (a–e).
a, c, e: original magnification x20; b, d, f: original magnification x40.
Publications on the prevalence of DTC in acromegaly.
| Reference | Patients n | M/F (%) | Prevalence of goiter (%) | Prevalence of DTC (%) (n PTC/n FTC) | M/F with DTC | DTC follow-up (months) |
| Popovic V | 220 | 38%/62% | n.a. | 1.4% (3 PTC/0 FTC) | n.a. | n.a. |
| Gasperi M | 258 | 43%/57% | 72% | 1.2% (3 PTC/0 FTC) | n.a. | n.a. |
| Herrmann BL | 73 | n.a. | 82% | 5.5% (3 PTC/1 FTC) | n.a. | n.a. |
| Tita P | 125 | 44%/56% | 82% | 5.6% (5 PTC/2 FTC) | 4/3 | 6–140 |
| Kurimoto M | 140 | 39%/61% | 57% | 3.6% (4 PTC/1 n.a) | 1/3 | n.a. |
| Gullu BE | 105 | 38%/62% | 62% | 4.8% (5 PTC/0 FTC) | 5/0 | n.a. |
| Baldys-Waligorska A | 101 | 30%/70% | 63% | 3% (1 PTC/2 FTC) | n.a. | n.a. |
| Dos Santos MCC | 124 | 39%/61% | 74% | 7.3% (9 PTC/0 FTC) | 3/6 | n.a. |
| Dagdelen S | 160 | 51%/49% | 80% | 10.6% (13 PTC/3 FTC/1 PTC-FTC) | 8/9 | n.a. |
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Legend: PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma, FTC: follicular thyroid carcinoma; M: Male; F: Female.