Authors: Furihata M.¹; Ohtsuki Y.¹; Matsumoto M.¹; Sonobe H.¹; Okada Y.²; Watanabe R.²

Source: Pathology, Volume 33, Number 2, 1 May 2001 , pp. 257-261(5)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

A case of insular thyroid carcinoma arising in the right lobe of a 54-year-old male is reported. The tumour exhibited an invasive growth pattern with regional lymph node metastasis. Microscopically, the tumour was characterised by well-defined solid nests like insulae, including mature follicles containing colloid and immature follicles without colloid. Immunohistochemically, tumour cells in follicular areas predominantly exhibited immunopositivity to antithyroglobulin antibody. On the other hand, diffuse immunoreactions with anti-neuron-specific enolase (NSE), S-100 protein and Leu-7 were detected mainly in the tumour cells of solid areas. In addition, clear cytoplasmic immunoreactivity with anti-myelin basic protein (MBP) antibody was exhibited in a number of tumour cells. Ultrastructurally, many tumour cells possessed dense vacuoles, apparently containing colloid material, but intracytoplasmic neurosecretory granules were absent. The histopathological and ultrastructural characteristics of the tumour as well as its anti-thyroglobulin antibody immunoreactivity support the classical hypothesis that this neoplasm is a variant of poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma. The positive immunohistochemical reactions for NSE, S-100, MBP and Leu-7 raise the possibility of aberrant differentiation, for example neural.

Keywords: INSULAR; CARCINOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Pathology II, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan 2: Division of Surgery, Matsuyama-Shimin Hospital, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Publication date: 2001-05-01

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