Diffuse sclerosing variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma. S-100 protein immunocytochemistry and prognosis

Virchows Archiv. A, Pathological Anatomy and Histopathology
S SchröderH Kastendieck

Abstract

The recently published second edition of the WHO classification of thyroid tumours describes the diffuse sclerosing papillary carcinoma (DSPC) as a specific variant of papillary thyroid cancer (PC). Besides several histological hallmarks, this rare tumour is characterized by its occurrence in young individuals and is thought to have a less favourable prognosis than PC in general. The observations on two examples of this tumour presented herein, however, are at variance at this assumption. The neoplasms occurred in a 10 year old girl and a 34 year old woman. Each time, diffuse involvement of both thyroid lobes and bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy were seen. In one case, the carcinoma extended into the cervical soft tissue. Follow-up disclosed both patients to be without evidence of disease 2 and 13 years, respectively, after thyroid surgery. Immunocytochemically, both thyroid primaries as well as 7 other cases of DSPC reported in the literature showed dense accumulations of S-100 protein positive dendritic/Langerhans cells. Such infiltrations have been demonstrated to be correlated with a benign clinical course of PC. It is thus suggested that DSPC behaves similarly or even less aggressively than PC in general, at least if pro...Continue Reading

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