The Efficacy and Assessment Value of the Level of Thyroglobulin Wash-out After Fine-needle Aspiration Cytodiagnosis in the Evaluation of Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Overview

Journal World J Surg Oncol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties General Surgery
Oncology

Date 2024 Jun 5

PMID 38840197

Authors

Jie Chen

Zongwu Lin

Bo Xu

Tianwen Lu

Xinghai Zhang

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Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and clinical value of US, FNAC,FNA-Tg and FNAC + FNA-Tg, as well as the cutoff values of FNA-Tg to evaluate LN metastasis.

Methods: We analyzed the diagnostic value of different US signs, the efficiency of US, FNAC, FNA-Tg and FNAC + FNA-Tg among the LN- and LN + groups, and the cutoff value of FNA-Tg to evaluate LN metastasis. We punctured LNs multiple times and measured the levels of FNA-Tg. Furthermore, the LNs were marked with immunohistochemical Tg and LCA to distinguish the presence of Tg in the para-cancerous tissue of the LNs.

Results: The s-Tg and FNA-Tg of the LN + group were higher than those of the LN- group (P = 0.018, ≤ 0.001). The LN + group had more abnormal US signs than the LN- group. The cutoff value of FNA-Tg was 3.2 ng/mL. US had a high sensitivity (92.42), but the specificity was not satisfactory (55.1). FNA-Tg had a higher sensitivity (92.42 vs. 89.39), specificity (100 vs. 93.88), and accuracy (92.42 vs. 83.27) than FNAC. However, the sensitivity of FNAC + FNA-Tg increased further, while the specificity and accuracy decreased slightly. The presence of Tg in the normal lymphocytes adjacent to the cancer was confirmed.

Conclusion: Ultrasonography provides a noninvasive, dynamic, multidimensional assessment of LNs. With a cutoff value of 3.2 ng/mL, FNA-Tg has higher accuracy and a lower false-negative rate than various single diagnoses. However, FNAC combined with FNA-Tg does not cause additional pain to patients and offers a higher diagnostic efficacy and clinical value.

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