Comparison of sonographic characteristics of primary thyroid lymphoma and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
| Autor: | Xuan-Tong Gong, Yong Wang, Shuang-Mei Zou, Jun-Ying Liu, Wen He, Shu-Nan Che, Li-Shuang Gu, Ning-Yi Cui |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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| Zdroj: | Journal of thoracic disease. 9(11) |
| ISSN: | 2072-1439 |
| Popis: | Background Although primary thyroid lymphoma (PTL) and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) both account for a rare portion of the morbidity of all thyroid malignancies, the therapeutic methods and prognosis for these two diseases are different. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sonographic characteristics of PTL and ATC and to compare the sonographic findings of PTL and ATC. Methods The study included 42 patients with histopathologically proven PTL (n=27) and ATC (n=15). The Clinical characteristics and sonographic findings were retrospectively reviewed and compared between the two groups. Results The mean age of patients with ATC was not significantly different from that in patients with PTL (P=0.601). The female-to-male ratio of patients with ATC was significantly lower than that of patients with PTL (P=0.029). Both PTL and ATC commonly present as a relatively large, solid mass on sonography with compressive symptoms, in which hoarseness was seen more frequently in ATC group (66.7%) than in PTL group (14.8%) (P=0.001). There is no significant difference in thyroid size, nodular size, margin, shape, echo texture, echogenicity, cystic change, vascularity and local invasion on sonography between ATC and PTL groups. Echogenic strands, markedly hypoechoic and enhanced posterior echo were seen more frequently in PTL group (92.6%, 92.6%, and 85.2%, respectively) than those in ATC group (6.7%, 60.0%, and 33.3%, respectively) (P |
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