Endocrine Journal
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Diagnosis and management of hyalinizing trabecular tumor of the thyroid: a single-institution experience
Yasuhiro ItoMitsuyoshi HirokawaKazuyoshi KousakaMitsuru ItoMinoru KiharaAkihiro MiyaAkira Miyauchi
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2021 Volume 68 Issue 12 Pages 1403-1409

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Hyalinizing trabecular tumor (HTT) of the thyroid is a mostly benign disease. Its cytological and pathological diagnosis is often difficult, because HTT cells and papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) cells share similar features (e.g., intranuclear cytoplasmic inclusions and nuclear grooves). At our institution, 38 patients were diagnosed as or highly suspected of having HTT without the possibility of PTC, based on cytology: 19 of these patients underwent immediate surgery (surgery group) and the remaining 19 underwent active surveillance without surgery (AS group). The surgery-group patients’ tumor sizes were significantly larger (p < 0.0001) than those in the AS group. During AS (median 38 months), only one patient (5%) showed tumor enlargement by ≥3 mm; the AS was continued. Of the 34 patients pathologically diagnosed with HTT, 22 (65%) were cytologically diagnosed or highly suspected as having HTT without the possibility of PTC. Of the nine patients who were suspected to have HTT but PTC was possible and surgery was performed, two (22%) and seven (78%) were pathologically diagnosed as having PTC and HTT, respectively. Five patients were cytologically diagnosed with PTC, but pathologically diagnosed as having HTT. No patients showed HTT recurrence during postoperative follow-up (median 60 months). These findings suggest that (1) active surveillance can be a valid strategy for managing tumors that are cytologically diagnosed as HTT with no possibility of PTC; (2) surgery is recommended for tumors suspected of being HTT but may be PTC, and (3) the prognosis of HTT in both the AS and surgery groups was excellent.

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